Posted by jerrypharmstudent on June 10, 2007, at 3:37:43
In reply to Ambien/Stilnox ZOLDIPEM Feature Cover Story in OZ, posted by cactus on June 5, 2007, at 4:39:54
> This story aired in Australia last Sunday on a program called SUNDAY. It's quite long but worth it. Sorry dial-up users it would take forever. I found this very, very interesting and extremly disturbing. Make up your own minds. What do you think???????
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> http://sunday.ninemsn.com.au/sunday/cover_stories/article_2217.aspI think if people are having odd reactions to Ambien - then they simply should be taken off of it ASAP. ALL medications can "go awry" and cause weird behavior problems. Where's the story about Prozac causing TD? Or the stories of Antipsychotics causing EPS?
Also, you have to take into account that MANY people regularily sleepwalk, eat in the middle of the night WHILE sleepwlking - some have night terrors, some even fall off blaconies and drive cars. If a patient has ANY sleep problem like that they shouldn't be put on a sleep medication without a complete sleep study done first. So, I'd have to point a finger at the doctor treating the person.
Also, sometimes people are stupid and will take Ambien only 4 hours before they have to go to work so they get up and feel out of it and get in their car and fall asleep in traffic. Yeah the drug caused them to fall asleep but THEY were at fault for not adhering to the STRICT instructions and precautions of the drug saying ONLY to take it when you can get 8 hours of sleep.
So I say they should quit doing a which hunt on Ambien when it's mostly the doctors and patients themselves who aren't monitoring themselves on these types of meds.
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