Ambien CR Warning - "Sleep Driving Has Been Reported"

camaro5 · 01-04-2009, 01:12 AM

You know those medicine commercials where some slick voice mumbles how you may die if you take this stuff?

I heard this in the background of an Ambien CR commercial, and had to keep rewinding it, to make sure I heard it correctly.

I found the verbage on their website:

Quote:

Sleepwalking, and eating or driving while not fully awake, with amnesia for the event, have been reported.

If you experience any of these behaviors contact your provider immediately. In rare cases, sleep medicines may cause allergic reactions such as swelling of your tongue or throat, shortness of breath or more severe results. If you have an allergic reaction while using AMBIEN, contact your doctor immediately.

So if you wake up with a smashed car, and McDonalds fries all over the place, you may have had an adventure you'll never remember.

Unbelievable.

drivingincamaro · 01-04-2009, 01:36 AM

lol i sleep walk time to time but i always end up back up in my bed its just my blanket is in some other room

How do you know how to drive while sleep walking?

*Camaro_Corvette* · 01-04-2009, 01:47 AM

That's nice, drug companies are amazing.

*TAG UR IT* · 01-04-2009, 02:40 AM

That's freaking incredible....

I wonder how I'd handle THAT accident!!! HA!

*Milk 1027* · 01-04-2009, 02:44 AM

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Originally Posted by TAG UR IT

That's freaking incredible....

I wonder how I'd handle THAT accident!!! HA!

camaro5 · 01-04-2009, 03:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TAG UR IT

That's freaking incredible....

I wonder how I'd handle THAT accident!!! HA!

I thought about asking you if you had come across this yet.

One more thing to look for.

ignas762 · 01-20-2011, 10:56 AM

MY Dr, said I was too old to take these drug, but he's been giving me when I was 77 and they work fine. the green and white pills he gives me only let me get about 4 hours sleep while the zolpidem gives me over seven hours sleep. how do i order them

I found many good information about ambien warning on this website http://www.ambienwithoutaprescriptio...s-warnings.htm

heRS · 01-20-2011, 11:48 AM

Meybe this explains the "crazy old guy" down in Winterpark FL who runs kids off the road and burns new Camaro's.

irocnroll · 01-20-2011, 12:32 PM

Funny you bring this up:

http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/114180334.html

derklug · 01-21-2011, 12:50 AM

My father once was on a clinical test for a new blood pressure medicine, and one day he called from Elkhart Indiana wondering how he had got there. When he had left, he said he was going to get some milk. Beware those nasty little side effects.

Overflow · 01-21-2011, 01:40 PM

This is why I keep it to the basic medicines.

lil_red_v6 · 01-21-2011, 01:42 PM

stay away from the acid man stay away.........

BackinBlackSS/RS · 01-21-2011, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by ignas762

Ambien CR also has a rather strong hangover effect that can last awhile (up to 12 hours from the time it was taken.)

That is NOT typical at all. Not saying that it can't occur, but most people will not have hang over effect. That's the advantage over older sleep medications. Gets in your system fast, gets out fast. CR releases 60% of it's medication immediately and the rest over over several hours. Duration of action of the original Ambien and Ambien CR are very similar. As long as you can devote about 7-8 hours to sleep you will be fine. If you can't then don't take it.

Russell James · 01-21-2011, 02:49 PM

Sleep drugs are bad juju, just ask Michael Jackson and Anna Nicole Smith. They train your body to sleep on drugs instead of the natural sleep cycle. Then you need more, and more.... all while never addressing the underlying issue of why your not sleeping well. A good doc will help you figure our why not not sleeping well instead of drugging you up.

I've heard my doc on several occasions tell people that he and the other docs in the practice will not prescribe sleep drugs. They don't want to be responsible for you driving your car into a family minivan full of kids stopped at a red light, that you think is a dream.

01-04-2009, 01:36 AM	#2
drivingincamaro Drives: 95 civic Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Chicago Illinois Posts: 5,796	lol i sleep walk time to time but i always end up back up in my bed its just my blanket is in some other room How do you know how to drive while sleep walking? __________________

01-04-2009, 01:47 AM	#3
Camaro_Corvette 36.58625, -121.7568 Drives: Team 1LE Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Earth Posts: 23,710 View My Garage	That's nice, drug companies are amazing. __________________ I am seriously never serious vv V vv Next order of business

01-20-2011, 10:56 AM	#7
ignas762 Drives: Golf Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Vilnius Posts: 1	MY Dr, said I was too old to take these drug, but he's been giving me when I was 77 and they work fine. the green and white pills he gives me only let me get about 4 hours sleep while the zolpidem gives me over seven hours sleep. how do i order them I found many good information about ambien warning on this website http://www.ambienwithoutaprescriptio...s-warnings.htm __________________ Last edited by ignas762; 11-15-2011 at 01:41 PM.

01-20-2011, 11:48 AM	#8
heRS Raised by Wolves Drives: IBM 2010 2LT RS M6 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 5,980 View My Garage	Meybe this explains the "crazy old guy" down in Winterpark FL who runs kids off the road and burns new Camaro's. __________________ Tori click the sig pic to view my build thread

01-21-2011, 12:50 AM	#10
derklug Drives: 12 Boss 302 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Grand Rapids, Mi Posts: 1,369	My father once was on a clinical test for a new blood pressure medicine, and one day he called from Elkhart Indiana wondering how he had got there. When he had left, he said he was going to get some milk. Beware those nasty little side effects. __________________ The biggest mistakes in life come when you know exactly what you are doing.

01-04-2009, 02:40 AM	#4
TAG UR IT www.Camaro5store.com Drives: 2014 ZL1 #705 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: SA, Texas Posts: 26,544 View My Garage	That's freaking incredible.... I wonder how I'd handle THAT accident!!! HA!

01-20-2011, 12:32 PM	#9
irocnroll Drives: '91 RS Vert, '11 Grand Cherokee Join Date: May 2009 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,342 View My Garage	Funny you bring this up: http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/114180334.html

01-21-2011, 01:40 PM	#11
Overflow Space Shuttle Aficionado Drives: 2016 Camaro 2SS Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 30,897 View My Garage	This is why I keep it to the basic medicines.

01-21-2011, 01:42 PM	#12
lil_red_v6 one wheelin Drives: 2004 yamaha r6 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: saginaw Posts: 2,200	stay away from the acid man stay away.........

01-21-2011, 02:49 PM	#14
Russell James Drives: '15 SS 1LE, '69 Z28 drag car Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Mich Posts: 4,482	Sleep drugs are bad juju, just ask Michael Jackson and Anna Nicole Smith. They train your body to sleep on drugs instead of the natural sleep cycle. Then you need more, and more.... all while never addressing the underlying issue of why your not sleeping well. A good doc will help you figure our why not not sleeping well instead of drugging you up. I've heard my doc on several occasions tell people that he and the other docs in the practice will not prescribe sleep drugs. They don't want to be responsible for you driving your car into a family minivan full of kids stopped at a red light, that you think is a dream.