Scientists have discovered that rhythmic oscillations of a specific neurotransmitter play a vital role in clearing toxic ...

Objective and Design: This open, non-comparative, multicentre study was designed to evaluate zolpidem consumption and evolution of its use for the treatment of insomnia on an 'as-needed' basis ...

I got my first good night’s sleep in years. Incredibly, he advised me to take it only when needed. Since I had been waking up ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a handful of sleep medications that can be alternatives to Ambien (zolpidem). Hetlioz (tasimelteon), Neupro (rotigotine transdermal system), and ...

Unfortunately, sleep medications fall into the latter category, and the study examines how one common medication—Zolpidem, also known as Ambien—affects the activation and operation of the ...

The inspection of a shipment from India led to the discovery of nearly 70,000 Zolpidem Tartrate pills concealed in spools of ...

Deep sleep washes away waste that builds up in the brain while it’s awake and now, thanks to a new study in mice, we know how ...

The US Customs and Border Protection seized nearly 70,000 prescription pills hidden in yarn from India, intended for ...

Earlier studies done mostly on mice discovered that the brain had a system that flushed its tissues with cerebrospinal fluid, which carried away waste products in a process called glymphatic clearance ...

Customs agents at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) recently made a shocking discovery after examining a shipment ...

The study also reports that the commonly prescribed sleep aid zolpidem — marketed under the name Ambien — may suppress those oscillations, disrupting the brain’s waste removal during sleep.

This study was conducted in France in routine general practice in order to evaluate 'as-needed' zolpidem prescription, initially for transient and short-term insomnia. However, some enrolled ...