Ambien, Zolpidem News

Two sisters wound up in jail today accused of doing a little too much shopping around to get a good night's sleep, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office.

New information about brain circuit activity may help explain why some people who take the sleep aid Ambien walk, eat, talk on the phone and even drive while not fully awake -- and without remembering it the next morning.

Some people who take the fast-acting sleep-aid zolpidem have been observed walking, eating, talking on the phone and even driving while not fully awake.

A new study in mice may help explain some of the rare but strange side effects in people taking the sleep drug Ambien, including sleep walking, midnight binges and even driving while not fully awake.

Transcept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of proprietary products that address important therapeutic needs in the field of neuroscience, announced today the presentation of data from a clinical study of in two posters at the SLEEP 2009 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated ...

Editor's note: This is a classic column from the Dr. Beaman archives: Q. I am a 79 year-old male who has always had trouble sleeping.

How much would you pay for a good night's sleep? If the sleep peddlers have their way, quite a bit.

Good Somaxon Exit Point Posted Fri Jun 05, 12:00 pm ET Posted By: Jason Napodano, CFA Somaxon re-files Silenor NDA On June 4, 2009, Somaxon announced that is has resubmitted the new drug application to the U.S. FDA for Silenor for the treatment of insomnia.

Getting a decent night's sleep shouldn't be such a crapshoot. But for an estimated 30% of American adults who suffer from at least occasional insomnia , nightfall is no guarantee of slumber.

Insomnia is a prevalent public health problem affecting large segments of the population on a situational, recurrent, or chronic basis.

Insomnia is one of the most common complaints in those of us with fibromyalgia , and a new study suggests a way to combat it.

Many insomnia patients must make a nightly decision: whether to take a sleeping pill before enduring hours lying awake.

Restricting time in bed and getting up at the same time each day can help people with insomnia.

In a May 2009 study in the Journal of the American Medication Association , researchers explored what treatments for insomnia may be most effective and concluded a combination treatment may be best.

Cognitive behavior therapy and the medication zolpidem taken for six weeks improved sleep in those with persistent insomnia, Canadian researchers found.

Transcept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of proprietary products that address important therapeutic needs in the field of neuroscience, announced today the presentation of two posters at the 2009 annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association in San Francisco, ...

Losing sleep over the economy? For the growing numbers of Americans tossing and turning at night, a new study on treating sleep disorders may offer hope.

If you've seen a commercial for the popular sleeping medication Ambien, you've probably seen the warnings that it can cause sleepwalking.

If you've been having trouble falling asleep or staying asleep, a new study suggests that the short-term use of sleep medications plus behavioral changes may be the best combination for getting your zzz's. The Canadian study, which appears in the May 20 edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association , found that the short-term addition ...

Nearly everyone has trouble sleeping once in a while. But for 10 percent of American adults, insomnia becomes a chronic problem, in which they consistently have trouble falling asleep and staying asleep, which leads to serious daytime fatigue.