Drug Warning: Ambien
Generic name: zolpidem tartrateand (class known as central nervous system depressants)
Manufactured and marketed by: Sanofi-Aventis
Purpose: Prescribed to patients suffering from insomnia, which is a common sleep disorder causing difficulty falling asleep or problems staying asleep throughout the night.
Side Effects Reported
- “Sleep-driving” or driving while sleep walking. Sleep disorder expert Dr. Carlos Schenck has said that sleep driving occurs in a "twilight" state between sleep and wakefulness.
- Ambien has also been linked to the harmful side effect of binge eating while sleepwalking.
- Additional side effects of Ambien may include memory problems, hallucinations, worsening of depression, and suicidal thoughts.
Industry Report
Recent reports in the media have highlighted many cases of "sleep-driving" or driving while sleep walking, in which patients taking Ambien get into their cars and drive while asleep. Some of these sleep drivers have been involved in car accidents during these episodes of sleep driving. According to the New York Times, a number of labs that test blood samples of impaired drivers have reported that Ambien is among the top ten drugs found in the samples.
Seeger Weiss is not currently pursuing lawsuits on this drug, but its drug warnings will remain on our radar.
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