~Ambien (sleeping aid)~

[Douger]

I don't like the smell of weed when others are smoking it near me....I am certain I wouldn't like it any better if I smoked it ~LoL~

Limburger cheese is the same way.
Take a hit. You'll like it.

 

[whitehall]

Personally I think that anyone who uses a prescription drug that alters consciousness and awareness should have to admit to it on an ATF weapon purchase document and the federal government should consider prescription drug use in it's decision to authorize the purchase of a firearm. Any objections?

 

[Dabs]

I don't like the smell of weed when others are smoking it near me....I am certain I wouldn't like it any better if I smoked it ~LoL~

Limburger cheese is the same way.
Take a hit. You'll like it.

NO, and you can't make me

Just curious, do you kiss a girl after you consume some limburger??

 

[The Infidel]

Anyone heard of the sleeping pill Ambien??
Ever taken it??
Does it work??...side effects??

I don't sleep well......so now my doctor has given me a prescription for Ambien........guess we'll see~

I hear it's dangerous. I knew a guy in Reno that took an Ambien and got out of bed, went out and got in his car and started driving all while still asleep. He woke up when a police car put the siren on and pulled him over. They charged him with DUI. So you better make sure you lock yourself up or something. I wouldn't take that crap on a bet.

Was he still in his PJ's?

Assuming they were wearing them...

I cant see how they could convict

 

[old navy]

I haven't done it but since retiring from the Navy but I have thought of smoking weed for my health issues.

I spent a couple of nights in the hospital after a knee surgery last week and the doc me gave Ambian which helped me sleep. He did not give me any as a departing gift on discharge. WTF?

Weed really does work for aches and pains! A friend of mine at work has a card....her mother is in her late 80's and has had a lot of problems, has osteoporosis, and she talked her mom into trying to smoke it. She did was was so surprised how good she feels! You can also get it made into hard candies, of course brownies....suckers!

A lady in her 80s with osteoporosis and probably other issues, is the perfect patient who would benifit from THC.

 

[waltky]

FDA Cutting sleep meds dosages down...

FDA requires lower doses for sleep medications
Jan 10,`13 WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is requiring makers of Ambien and similar sleeping pills to lower the dosage of their drugs, based on studies suggesting patients face a higher risk of injury due to morning drowsiness.

The agency said Thursday that new research shows that the drugs remain in the bloodstream at levels high enough to interfere with alertness and coordination, which increases the risk of car accidents. Regulators are ordering drug manufacturers to cut the dose of the medications in half for women, who process the drug more slowly. Doses will be lowered from 10 milligrams to 5 milligrams for regular products, and 12.5 milligrams to 6.25 milligrams for extended-release formulations. The FDA is recommending that manufacturers apply these lower doses to men as well, though it is not making them a requirement.

The new doses apply to all insomnia treatments containing the drug zolpidem, which is sold under brands including Ambien, Edluar, Zolpimist and in generic forms. It is the most widely prescribed sleeping aid prescribed in the U.S. The changes don't affect other popular sleeping medicines like Lunesta and Sonata, which use different drugs. FDA officials pointed out that all sleeping drugs carry warnings about drowsiness. "All sleep drugs have the potential to cause this, so health professionals should prescribe - and patients should take - the lowest dose that is capable of preventing insomnia," said Dr. Ellis Unger, a director in FDA's Office of Drug Evaluation, on a teleconference with reporters.

Unger added that the FDA will begin requiring developers of sleep drugs to conduct driving simulation studies going forward. Ambien has been blamed for several recent high-profile driving accidents in the past year, including Tom Brokaw in September and Kerry Kennedy in July. The FDA has received more than 700 reports of driving-related problems connected to zolpidem over the years. "But in most cases it was very difficult to determine if the driving impairment was actually related to zolpidem," Unger said. "Usually the reports did not contain information about when the accident happened or how much time had lapsed since taking the drug."

The agency decided to take action after recent driving simulation studies showed that, in some patients, drug levels remained high enough to cause difficulty driving. The data came from company studies of Intermezzo, a new form of zolpidem which was approved in 2011 for people who wake late at night and can't get back to sleep. The data showed that 33 percent of women and 25 percent of men taking extended-release zolpidem had enough of the drug in their blood to interfere with driving as much as eight hours later. When the dose was cut in half only 15 percent of women and 5 percent of men had those same drug levels.

FDA analysis was unable to determine why women metabolize zolpidem so much more slowly than men. According to FDA staff, the difference cannot be accounted for by usual factors like size and weight. For now, patients should continue taking their currently prescribed dose until they can talk to their doctor about the best way to proceed. "We really don't want people to change the dose they're on. We want them to talk to their health care provider," Unger said. Ambien is marketed by Sanofi, Intermezzo by Purdue Pharma LP and Zolpimist by NovaDel Pharma Inc.

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[Caroljo]

I don't like the smell of weed when others are smoking it near me....I am certain I wouldn't like it any better if I smoked it ~LoL~

You get used to it

 

[jwoodie]

I used to be a light sleeper too. Then I changed my diet and now I sleep all night and wake up in the morning ready to go.

So how did you change your diet?

 

[Dabs]

Ambien and Lunesta both have bad shit out about them now.
I used to take both.........but now, I am so immune, Ambien doesn't even make me drowzy, much less put me to sleep.

And I never had any problems with sleep walking or doing crazy stuff like I hear some people have done, while taking sleeping aids.
Some people are lucky, and can JUST SLEEP...like a normal person. Not me.......I have gotten to the point of no longer fighting it...if I get 3 hours of sleep..oh well..I go on 3 hours of sleep.

 

[RightNorLeft]

Ambien and Lunesta both have bad shit out about them now.
I used to take both.........but now, I am so immune, Ambien doesn't even make me drowzy, much less put me to sleep.

And I never had any problems with sleep walking or doing crazy stuff like I hear some people have done, while taking sleeping aids.
Some people are lucky, and can JUST SLEEP...like a normal person. Not me.......I have gotten to the point of no longer fighting it...if I get 3 hours of sleep..oh well..I go on 3 hours of sleep.

Id like to mention a few things..they may help, may not.
First have you been checked for sleep apnea ? I would do that first.
Have you tried something like this...melatonin with stress relief.

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You can go to webmd also, there are things that ruin peoples sleep that they do and dont realize the affect its having like...turning off the computer and going right to bed..etc...

 

[Marc85]

Quit caffeine, drink more water through the day. Eat lettuce in the evenings (or you can get supplements) and hops, not beer though has to be supplements. Also, valerian is a natural sleep aid.
(my sister sleeps bad, says these all helped).
I'd say make sure you get up at a regular, early-ish time in the morning, and get lots of fresh air.

 

[Zoom-boing]

Try this instead. Homeopathic, no side effects. I used this for several years when my son (special needs) had trouble sleeping. You can find it in the organic aisles of most grocery stores.

Quietude® Tablets - BOIRON USA

 

[Dabs]

I have tried melatonin.....didn't seem to work.
And believe it or not, I once had a sleep study done on me...and they told me I only had maybe a mild case of sleep apnea. They mentioned I woke up about 60 times in the middle of the night.
Nothing to be concerned about they said.

My brain doesn't want to sleep ~LoL~
Once it hits the pillow, it's like "Hello......we need to do this and this and this tomorrow, yadda, yadda, yadda"

 

[Zoom-boing]

I have tried melatonin.....didn't seem to work.
And believe it or not, I once had a sleep study done on me...and they told me I only had maybe a mild case of sleep apnea. They mentioned I woke up about 60 times in the middle of the night.
Nothing to be concerned about they said.

My brain doesn't want to sleep ~LoL~
Once it hits the pillow, it's like "Hello......we need to do this and this and this tomorrow, yadda, yadda, yadda"

Quietude isn't melatonin.

This is exactly the type of 'unable to sleep' that Quietude addresses. Try it for a few nights and see if it works. Also, there are foods that can help you sleep. Bananas, oatmeal, warm milk and others. Check it out. I'd always try the non-rx route before drugging up. The side effects of prescribed drugs are often worse than what you're taking them for.

 

[SmarterThanHick]

I would recommend having an honest discussion about this with your doctor, who should be the one to tell you about the chance of benefiting and associated side effects. If you ask random people on the internet about their experience with ANYTHING, you'll get the loud people shouting about their bad experiences, and most everyone else won't say anything. Maybe you'll get a few people who say "yeah it was ok." This is what we call reporting bias. In the end, you'll make your decision based on what you wanted to think in the first place, believing those who agree, and discrediting or downplaying those who don't.

If you want real answers about your personal health, with all its intricacies, and establish good healthcare, talk to your DOCTOR, not random people on the internet.

 

[Dabs]

I would recommend having an honest discussion about this with your doctor, who should be the one to tell you about the chance of benefiting and associated side effects. If you ask random people on the internet about their experience with ANYTHING, you'll get the loud people shouting about their bad experiences, and most everyone else won't say anything. Maybe you'll get a few people who say "yeah it was ok." This is what we call reporting bias. In the end, you'll make your decision based on what you wanted to think in the first place, believing those who agree, and discrediting or downplaying those who don't.

If you want real answers about your personal health, with all its intricacies, and establish good healthcare, talk to your DOCTOR, not random people on the internet.

Hey....who did you say you were smarter than??
No matter......if you noticed...I did say my doctor prescribed me Ambien...so that should tell you, I have talked to my doctor about my problem. I was just wanting to see if others have used this medicine or if they had ever had trouble sleeping, etc.
The internet is great for stuff like this...you get all kinds of opinions and references!
But, the Ambien didn't work, and we tried a sleep study.......and it's basically a stress thing with me.....and I somehow have to learn to shut my brain down.........Either that, or I reckon my brain, and body, thinks it will get all the sleep it needs when I'm dead!

 

[SmarterThanHick]

Well, yes, you do get all kinds of opinions and references. I wouldn't really say the internet is "great" for that. Do you want accurate opinions and references, or random people telling you stuff? Did anyone here recommend a sleep study?

Just saying, random people on the internet is NOT where you should be getting health information of any variety.

 

[Dabs]

Well, yes, you do get all kinds of opinions and references. I wouldn't really say the internet is "great" for that. Do you want accurate opinions and references, or random people telling you stuff? Did anyone here recommend a sleep study?
Just saying, random people on the internet is NOT where you should be getting health information of any variety.

Post #70......asked if I had been checked for sleep apnea.

 

[SmarterThanHick]

good. you should get on that, and any other test any person on the internet recommends. point made yet? stop listening to people on the internet about your personal complex health issues.

 

[Dabs]

good. you should get on that, and any other test any person on the internet recommends. point made yet? stop listening to people on the internet about your personal complex health issues.

Boy, you are one wise ass are you not??
You seem to be the smartest person here.....here's my advice......STFU~
Jesus H.