People’s Pharmacy: Why can’t I take Ambien indefinitely?
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 ...
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5 Alternatives to Ambien You May Find Helpful for Sleep
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 ...
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'As-Needed' Prescription of Zolpidem for Insomnia in Routine General Practice
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 ...
Sleeping pills stop the brain’s system for cleaning out waste
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 ...
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Scientists show how common sleep aid disrupts brain’s natural cleaning process
Scientists have discovered that rhythmic oscillations of a specific neurotransmitter play a vital role in clearing toxic ...
A good night’s sleep really does clear the mind, here’s how
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 ...
Why can’t you use Ambien indefinitely?
In this edition of The People’s Pharmacy, Joe and Teresa Graedon also hear from a reader with a question about the use of vitamin C for prevention of cataracts.
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We Might Finally Know How The Brain Refreshes Itself at Night
As you lay your head down to sleep tonight and dream all things weird and wonderful, scientists think your brain is going ...
US officials seize around 70,000 prescription pills in yarn shipment from India
The pills, labelled Zolpidem Tartrate, are classified by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a Schedule IV controlled ...