This means its effects come and go quickly. The same may be true for its withdrawal symptoms especially if you have only used the drug for a short period of time and not in conjunction with any other substances.
People who take Ambien short-term and as prescribed to reestablish a healthy sleep pattern may only need a few days of adjustment in order to return to normal. Individuals who misuse Ambien, have used it long-term,or take other drugs like opiates or benzodiazepines may find that their recoveries take longer.
Damaged related to Ambien use can last long into the future, especially if detox is not medically supervised or treatment programs do not incorporate medical health care with addiction recovery services.
Choose an integrated treatment program to make sure you receive the in-depth attention you deserve. Ambien detox is uncomfortable at best and potentially dangerous at worst. This is why you should seek detox support. Peers and professionals can help you stay motivated during discomfort.
Medically supervised detox services ensure you remain safe as well. Your individual treatment program may involve quitting cold turkey, gradually tapering your medication or medically managing the process through the use of substitute medications. Combining the tapering-off process with therapies like cognitive behavioral therapy improves the chances of a successful recovery.
Both medically-assisted detox and therapy are essential in helping former users permanently quit Ambien. If you or someone you love is struggling with an Ambien addiction and fear you might relapse, there is help available. Contact a treatment provider to learn about your options today.
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How Do I Prepare for Rehab? Learn More. Zolpidem is a short acting inducer of sleep and thought to lack benzodiazepine properties such as anxiolysis, anticonvulsion, muscle relaxation and side effects such as dependency. Recently, some cases of Zolpidem abuse and dependency have been reported. In review of literature, we found that the lowest reported dosage of Zolpidem , which caused dependency, was mg daily.
We reported a year-old unmarried Iranian woman with dysthymic disorder and chronic insomnia treated with Zolpidem irregularly. She started to use Zolpidem with 5mg per day irregularly since a year ago but augmented its daily dosage gradually to to mg per day in divided doses.
After a period of 16 hours without taking Zolpidem she developed a withdrawal syndrome, with generalized tonic-clonic seizures for two times. She was managed with supportive care and recovered completely. Zolpidem dependency and withdrawal seizure can occur with a dosage under last reported doses. Therefore, possibility of mentioned problems cannot be excluded at any dosage and physicians should pay more attention to potential of Zolpidem to create these adverse effects.
Zolpidem is thought to be a safer drug than benzodiazepines BZD because of no evidence of abuse or dependence potential and a less liability for abuse and dependence 2. Against so many studies indicating no evidence regarding abuse or dependence potential by Zolpidem , case reports of Zolpidem abuse or dependence 3 - 5 and epileptic-seizure related to Zolpidem withdrawal 6 - 8 are increasing. To our knowledge, most of these case reports have been reported from Western countries 9 and in the Asian population, one case of Zolpidem dependence 10 and one case of Zolpidem withdrawal seizure 6 were reported.
Nonetheless, in Iranian people, we did not find any similar report. On October , a 30 year-old unmarried Iranian woman known case of dysthymic disorder was admitted to Emergency Department ED of Bahman Psychiatric Hospital Qazvin, Iran with seizure without any history of head trauma. No medications were administered en route to the hospital.
Then, postictal confusion with clouded consciousness, regressed attitude and behavior and psycho-motor retardation happened for about two hours. After postictal phase, she indicated to use Zolpidem for a year due to insomnia and not receiving any other medication.
She started to use Zolpidem with 5 mg per day irregularly since a year ago but augmented its daily dosage gradually from three months before to mg per day in divided doses. She used this dosage for about one month prior to her seizure. She had drug tolerance, abuse and dependence and if she had not used tablets, she would become irritable with decreased energy, feeling of weakness and tremor of hands and feet.
In the day of admission, she had not used Zolpidem to maintain her alertness for an important ceremony and after a period of 16 hours without taking Zolpidem , she developed an abstinence syndrome, with generalized tonic clonic seizures. In her medical history, she did not have any systemic, organic, metabolic or endocrine problems unless a history of adenoidectomy 25 years ago and dysthymic disorder from one year ago.
She had not experienced any seizure already. In her drug history, she just had used Zolpidem with the mentioned dosage. Some of patient's characteristics were summarized in Table 1. Her pupils were 4 mm and reactive bilaterally. The initial resting 12 lead electrocardiography EKG showed normal sinus rhythm without any abnormal changes.
There was no localizing or lateralizing neurological signs. Full blood count, urea, electrolytes, calcium, magnesium, hematology studies, renal, thyroid and liver function tests had normal results. Substance-drug abuse tests had negative results.
Due to the urgency of patient and availability of computed tomography CT scan, we first performed spiral brain CT scan without contrast, which had normal findings. The next day we requested brain magnetic resonance imaging MRI and electroencephalography EEG , which had normal findings.
After all evaluations, we did not find any other etiologies except Zolpidem withdrawal. Our patient was detoxified by tapering Zolpidem gradually over one week.
We prescribed quetiapine 25 mg before sleep and clonazepam 1 mg per day. No other seizure attack was noted during hospitalization. Finally, after about 10 days hospitalization, she was discharged with a healthy condition with venlafaxine 75 mg thrice daily t.
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