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Ambien Side Effects Case

Ambien is a pharmaceutical prescribed to help patients with insomnia and is currently one of the most prescribed sleep aids in the US. However, there is recent concern over possible addictive side effects and sleep-related eating, walking, cooking and driving. Alleged side effects range from sleepwalking episodes to hallucinations, violent outbursts and driving while asleep. There are in increasing number or reports of people have woken up to find themselves in jail, driving cars while in a hypnotic state and binge eating.

Ambien is a powerful sleeping aid drug. Scientific research confirms that Ambien is a powerful hypnotic that can induce sleepwalking and sleep-eating. Another possible side effect is that users of this drug have no memory of their actions after taking the drug.

Ambien is designed for short term treatment of insomnia unless otherwise advised by a doctor. Users of Ambien have complained of dependency on the drug to sleep with prolonged use. Possible unintentional overdose has caused death.

Ambian in the News:

Federal health officials warned that all prescription sleeping pills may sometimes cause sleep-driving. People taking such drugs as Ambien have reported getting up in the middle of the night and going for a drive, with no recollection of doing so. The Food and Drug Administration has ordered 13 drug markers to to include warnings on their labels about rare but serious side effects including, sleep driving and life-threatening allergic reactions. (Mar-14-07) [CNN NEWS]

Register your Ambien Complaint

If you have suffered from sleepwalking, sleep eating, or sleep driving while using Ambien or a loved one has overdosed or died while using Ambien, you may qualify for damages or remedies that may be awarded in a possible class action lawsuit. Please click the link below to submit your complaint and we will have a lawyer review your complaint.

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Last updated on Apr-1-09

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