After Hunter Biden suggested his father's debate performance was impacted by Ambien use, doctors note the sleep medication ...

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Zolpidem is commonplace in the USA, ranking 15th on the list of most-dispensed medications in 2012 with 43.8 million prescriptions, according to IMS Health.

Zolpidem (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The FDA announced this morning that it is recommending the bedtime dose of Zolpidem (brand name Ambien) be lowered due to the risk of next-morning impairment.

Zolpidem products (like Ambien) were the most commonly misused subtype of prescription sedatives in 2015, according to a report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration.

Zolpidem was initially approved, in 1992, in an immediate-release formulation (Ambien) for insomnia characterized by difficulty in falling asleep. At the time of its approval, ...

Falls are a leading cause of injury deaths among older adults, and some medications significantly increase this risk.

Zolpidem was the most common sleep aid that was prescribed to inpatients with a ratio of zolpidem to trazodone prescriptions being 2:1. We used the pharmacy database to identify all eligible ...

In this study, zolpidem use was associated with an increased risk of falling in hospitalized patients. We calculate that for every 55 inpatients administered zolpidem, we might expect one more ...