Posted by susan C on September 23, 2001, at 12:45:57
In reply to Re: Can I take more than 10mg of Ambien?, posted by dave_fox on September 23, 2001, at 9:27:34
Hi,
I have been on ambien since November of 2000 after years of trazadone (pooped out) trial of sonota (didn't keep me asleep) Then followed dr orders to keep adding ambien until I got to sleep and stayed asleep. That happened at 30mg. I have interrogated him tentensively as to the amount and the discrepancy between what I am doing and what is in the literature and his response is one: other's are doing it and have for some time with no adverse affects in his observation. two: It is working for you. Three: it flushes out of your system quickly.There have been some times where after about 5 hours I can have wakefulness, but do return to sleep easily..
I too was frustrated by the lack of information in the printed literature that would reflect the experience I am specificially going through...I guess we are just weird birds, eh?
I have also read very negative experiences as at the same time I have had very negative experiences with things that others find quite helpful...go figure...There is a reason MDs are paid $200 an hour to get confused.
Sincerely,
Mouse sleeping soundly
Susan C> > I would hope that the dosages were well thought
> > out with this drug, but this could change.
> > Your best bet would be to contact the
> > manufacturer and pose the question directly to
> > them. They have doctors and researchers on
> > their staff that could answer your questions.
>
> I have tried contacting the manufacturers but the guys on the medical helplne just trot out what is said in their patient information leaflet or the standard physicians advice leaflet. Seems that they dare not say anything contary to that no matter what else they think!
>
> That is what I think it i smore valuable to hear from people here about their own expriences in a clinical setting or from their own researches which may well be better than mine are.
>
> Thanks again.
poster:susan C
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