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Sleep-Driving: A Dangerous Side Effect of Ambien

Well before March 14, 2007, when the The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) ordered drug-maker Sanofi-Aventis to strengthen its product labeling on Ambien to include stronger language concerning the potential risks and side effects, Ambien had become linked to traffic arrests and the strange phenomenon of sleep-driving.

An article published in The New York Times dated March 8, 2006 ("Some Sleeping Pill Users Range Far Beyond Bed"), details the growing evidence that Ambien, the nation's best-selling prescription sleep pill, had been showing up with regularity as a factor in traffic arrests.

Often those drivers later said they were sleep-driving and had no memory of taking the wheel after ingesting the drug.

The article goes on to cite a Mayo Clinic study published back in 2001, which reported on five cases of bizarre behavior related to Ambien, including unusual nighttime eating, sometimes while sleepwalking. Such experiences, the article reported, led researchers to be persuaded that people could drive, without realizing it, after taking Ambien.

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see also:

Sleep-Driving Sleep-Driving: A Dangerous Side Effect of Ambien
Side Effect of Ambien: Linked to Sleep-Driving, Traffic Accidents

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