Gen X Women Get Less Sleep Than Any Other Generation. What ’s Keeping Them Up?
In the middle of the night, I wake up feeling warm. I open the window and pull my hair back into a ponytail and drink some water. Then I glance at my phone, delete a few things, and see some spam. I hit unsubscribe and go back to bed. Then I lie there thinking, What if by opening that spam email I got myself hacked? What if I just sent everyone in my contact list a Burger King ad at two in the morning?
Now wide awake, I move on to other concerns: my parents’ health, my stepson’s college tuition, pending deadlines. Hours roll by. I tackle real-life math problems: how many weeks I have before getting my next free...
Source: TIME: Health - January 6, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ada Calhoun Tags: Uncategorized Gen X healthy sleep insomnia Source Type: news
Newly Approved Insomnia Drug Bests Zolpidem in Phase 3 Newly Approved Insomnia Drug Bests Zolpidem in Phase 3
In a case of unusual timing, the FDA approved lemborexant to treat insomnia the same week that investigators published phase 3 safety and efficacy findings.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - December 31, 2019 Category: Neurology Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
Some Sleep Drugs Can Impair Driving
FDA is requiring that the recommended dose be lowered for some sleep drugs containing zolpidem, including Ambien, because they could impair driving the next morning. Drivers could be at risk even if they feel wide awake. (Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New)
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - December 26, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: FDA Source Type: news
Algunos medicamentos para dormir pueden afectar su capacidad para conducir
La FDA ha informado a los compa ñías farmacéuticas que deben reducirse la dosis recomendada de ciertos medicamentos para dormir que contengan zolpidem, entre ellos Ambien, ya que pueden afectar los niveles de alerta en las funciones en la mañana posterior a su uso, incluyendo el conducir. Las personas que usan zolpidem pueden estar en riesgo incluso si se sienten muy alertas. (Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New)
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - December 26, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: FDA Source Type: news
Houston TX Man Sentenced to 27 Months for Shipping Misbranded Prescription Drugs to Oldham County
Dhaval Jerambhai Dholaria, Houston TX, zolpidem tartrate, Ambien, Schedule IV controlled substance, tramadol, opioid, diazepam, Valium, zolpidem tartrate, clonazepam, Klonopin, Soma, (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - October 9, 2019 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news
Risks of suicide attempts after prescription of zolpidem in people with depression: a nationwide population study in South Korea - Kim H, Kim Y, Myung W, Fava M, Mischoulon D, Lee U, Lee H, Jin Na E, Woo Choi K, Shin MH, Jin Jeon H.
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the association between zolpidem prescription and suicide attempts in people with depression. METHOD: A nationwide, population-based electronic medical records database from the Health Insurance Review& Assessment servic... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 7, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Houston, TX Man Pleads Guilty to Mailing Misbranded Prescription Drugs to Oldham County
Dhaval Jerambhai Dholaria, Houston, Texas, zolpidem tartrate, Ambien, Oldham County, Kentucky, India, tramadol, diazepam, Valium, zolpidem tartrate, clonazepam, (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - August 16, 2019 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news
Intermezzo (zolpidem)
Title: Intermezzo (zolpidem)Category: MedicationsCreated: 1/3/2012 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 8/16/2019 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Sleep General)
Source: MedicineNet Sleep General - August 16, 2019 Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: news
Valium (diazepam) vs. Ambien (zolpidem)
Title: Valium (diazepam) vs. Ambien (zolpidem)Category: MedicationsCreated: 8/5/2019 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 8/5/2019 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Medications General)
Source: MedicineNet Medications General - August 5, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Trends in benzodiazepine anxiolytics and z-hypnotics use among French drivers involved in road traffic crashes from 2005 to 2015: a responsibility case-control study - Orriols L, Gbaguidi GN, Contrand B, Gadegbeku B, Lagarde E.
BACKGROUND: In France, benzodiazepine anxiolytics and z-hypnotics (zolpidem and zopiclone) account for the largest share of road traffic crash risk attributable to exposure to prescription drugs. The aim of this study was to monitor the evolution of the us... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 17, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Getting a Good Night ’s Sleep Without Drugs
Alternatives to prescription drugs for insomnia offer better, safer and more long-lasting solutions, experts say. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - June 17, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jane E. Brody Tags: Sleep Insomnia Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Ambien (Drug) Source Type: news
Living With Cancer: Sleeping With Cancer
Ten years after diagnosis, could I finally dispense with chemical sleeping aids? (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - May 16, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: SUSAN GUBAR Tags: Sleep Insomnia Ambien (Drug) Marijuana Cancer Melatonin (Hormone) Source Type: news
Are Sleeping Pills Safe? Here ’s What Research Says
According to the latest numbers, roughly 9 million Americans — 4% of U.S. adults — use prescription sleep aids, or medications that can help with insomnia and other sleep issues. And now, some of the most popular prescription sleep drugs must carry stronger safety warnings.
In April, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) mandated black-box warnings — which the agency uses to “call attention to serious or life-threatening risks” — on three sedative-hypnotic sleep aids: eszopiclone (often sold under the brand name Lunesta), zaleplon (Sonata) and zolpidem (Ambien). Hypnotic drugs, which ar...
Source: TIME: Health - May 7, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized Drugs Source Type: news
Prescription sleeping pills must now carry prominent sleepwalking warnings
The US Food and Drug Administration has upgraded the level of warning needed for the drugs Ambien, Sonata and Lunesta after 66 people harmed themselves or died after taking them. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 3, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Concurrent use of benzodiazepines, antidepressants, and opioid analgesics with zolpidem and risk for suicide: a case-control and case-crossover study - Sung HG, Li J, Nam JH, Won DY, Choi B, Shin JY.
PURPOSE: To evaluate whether the concurrent use of benzodiazepines, antidepressants, and opioid analgesics with zolpidem increases the risk of suicide or triggers suicide compared with the use of zolpidem alone. METHODS: We conducted a case-control... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 3, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
