Ambien (Zolpidem) side effects

[Zen4life]

Side-effects at any dose may include:

* Anterograde amnesia (loss of ability to create memories)
* Hallucinations, through all physical senses, of varying intensity
* Delusions
* Altered thought patterns
* Ataxia or poor motor coordination, difficulty maintaining balance
* Euphoria and/or dysphoria
* Increased appetite
* Increased libido
* Amnesia
* Impaired judgment and reasoning
* Uninhibited extroversion in social or interpersonal settings
* Increased impulsivity
* When stopped, rebound insomnia may occur
* Headaches, in some people

A clinical trial found that after administration of zolpidem trial subjects tended to feel weak, fatigued and developed an antagonistic mood.

[stacyk19]

Thanks for the tip. Those sound like a long list of side effects, I am not quite sure why someone would take this drug if it has the potential for all these problems.

I think I would rather put on a really boring tv show and have a warm glass of milk, than have to worry about overeating, memory lose and imparied reasoning. Are these seriously all documented side effects? That drug company should be ashamed of itself.

[Lorraine]

Actually there are a lot of drugs out there with a long list of potential side effects. That's because the FDA requires drug manufacturers to list all potential side effects, even if they only occurred once.