AMBIEN CR is indicated for the treatment of insomnia.
Important Safety Information
AMBIEN CR is a treatment option you and your healthcare provider can consider along
with lifestyle changes and can be taken for as long as your provider recommends.
Until you know how AMBIEN CR will affect you, you shouldn't drive or operate machinery.
Be sure you're able to devote 7 to 8 hours to sleep before being active again.
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 CR, contact your doctor immediately. Side effects may include next-day drowsiness,
dizziness, and headache. It's non-narcotic; however, like most sleep medicines,
it has some risk of dependency. Don't take it with alcohol.
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AMBIEN is indicated for the short-term treatment of insomnia.
Important Safety Information
When you first start taking AMBIEN, use caution in the morning when engaging in activities requiring
complete alertness until you know how you will react to this medication. In most instances,
memory problems can be avoided if you take AMBIEN only when you are able to get a full night's
sleep (7 to 8 hours) before you need to be active again. As with any sleep medication, do not use alcohol while you are taking AMBIEN.
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.
Prescription sleep aids are often taken for 7 to 10 days – or longer as advised by your provider.
Like most sleep medicines, it has some risk of dependency.
There is a low occurrence of side effects associated with the short-term use of AMBIEN. The most commonly
observed side effects in controlled clinical trials were drowsiness (2%), dizziness (1%), and diarrhea (1%).
Please see additional
important information. Please refer to the full prescribing
information.