A survey involving more than 200 healthcare professionals found that not all general practitioners have integrated the zolpidem prescribing restrictions issued in 2017 into their routine practice the ...

Reminder about risk of impaired activities the morning after use for all insomnia drugs The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced it is requiring the manufacturers of Ambien, Ambien CR, ...

Sleep aids have landed in the safety spotlight recently, with regulatory agencies lowering dosages on some meds to ease side effect worries. But overmedication has its own set of risks, and a new ...

In this single-center, prospective, cross-sectional cohort study, the authors aimed to compare the efficacy of zolpidem to melatonin in the treatment of hospital-related insomnia. Melatonin was found ...

In addition, the study assessed how fast the patients could return to sleep after being awakened. The data showed treatment with zolpidem ER 6.25mg led to clinically meaningfully worse postural ...