In general, the duration of treatment with Ambien (5mg) is up to 4 weeks. According to the advice of specialists, the course of treatment can last 2-5 days in case of transient insomnia, and up to 21 days in case of situational insomnia. As a rule, short periods of treatment do not require drug withdrawal.
In case of long-term use of Ambien, to reduce the possibility of developing rebound insomnia, the use of the drug should be stopped slowly, first the daily dose, and then the drug altogether.

Dosage and administration

It is very important for people using Ambien to get 7-8 hours of sleep. It is necessary to take the medicine with liquid immediately after eating food and before going to bed.

For a patient using Ambien (Zolpidem), the doctor decides what dosage and duration that person needs it. Do not violate the doctor's instructions or exceed the dose.

It is indicated.

1. For adults, the maximum daily dose of Ambien is 10 mg.

2.For the elderly (over 65 years old), debilitated patients and patients with liver failure, it is 5 mg.
in case of need and good tolerance to Ambien, up to 10 mg.

Contraindications that may appear

• Increased sensitivity to Ambien and auxiliary components of the drug;
• acute or chronic liver failure;
• sleep apnea;
• respiratory failure;
• pregnancy (I trimester) and lactation;
• up to 18 years old (effectiveness and safety not confirmed);
• lactase deficiency, lactose intolerance and glucose-galactose malabssdrome.

With caution:

• mild and moderate liver failure
• Depression
• Alcoholism
• drug addiction and other types of addiction
• pregnancy (II and III trimesters)
• mild and moderate respiratory failure
• severe myasthenia
• mental patients.

Side effect
According to experts, the frequency of side effects of Generic Ambien depends on the amount of dosage taken by the patient. Experience has shown that adverse effects of Ambien are more common in women.

Side effects of Ambien (Zolpidem) include:

• Central and peripheral nervous system.
• frequent feeling of sleepiness
• A feeling of seeming drunkenness
• Headaches
• Dizziness
• Insomnia
• Anterograde amnesia that may be associated with behavioral reactions
• Visual and auditory hallucinations
• Irritability states
• Nightmares, emotional instability and ataxia.

In this case, the adverse effects of a person's mental state are mainly paradoxical reactions.

For example, frequent diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal pain, dysphagia, flatulence, hiccups, gastroenteritis, rarely elevated liver enzymes may appear in the digestive system.

In the musculoskeletal system, muscle weakness and arthritis may occur.
In the case of skin and subcutaneous fat, sometimes rash, itching, urticaria, excessive sweating, pallor, Quincke's disease may occur.
In the organs of vision, rarely, but diplopia may occur.
In the respiratory system, bronchitis, cough and shortness of breath are possible.
In relation to the endocrine system, hyperglycemia is not excluded.
In addition to all this, the patient may often have fatigue, sometimes lesions, peripheral edema and fever.

Ambien (10mg) overdose

Symptoms are mainly due to depression of the central nervous system. In case of taking a large dose of the drug, a disturbance of consciousness may occur: confusion, numbness, in more complex situations, coma, ataxia, a decrease in blood pressure and life-threatening respiratory depression.

Treatment: If approximately 1 hour has passed after the overdose of Ambien and the patient has not lost consciousness, vomiting should be induced. And if the patient is unconscious, gastric lavage should be done.
If more than 1 hour has passed since the overdose of Ambien, the patient needs activated charcoal orally or by tube, even if the patient is unconscious; In this way, it will be possible to reduce the absorption of zolpidem.

In the case of those who have overdosed on Ambien, as a rule, specialists carry out symptomatic therapeutic treatment in hospital conditions.

Experts do not recommend taking sedatives after overdosing on Ambien, even then. when the patient is very agitated.
According to the doctors, in the case of taking an overdose of Ambien, for differential diagnosis or treatment, it is necessary to provide flumazenil for the patient in hospital conditions, as an antagonist of benzodiazepine receptors.
It is also necessary to take into account the fact that suppression of benzodiazepine receptors can cause neurological disorders (convulsions), especially in epileptic patients.

It is also noted that the drug Ambien is not excreted through hemodialysis.