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Ask the doctor: Is it OK to keep on taking Ambien for my sleeping problems?

Published: February 21, 2012 11:08 AM
By Suzanne Salamon, M.D., Harvard Health Letter

Q. I am 70, have had sleep problems, and have started to take Ambien every night. It seems to be working very well. Is it okay if I keep on taking it?

A. When Ambien (the generic name is zolpidem) was approved by the FDA in the early 1990s, it was supposed to be an improvement over the benzodiazepines like lorazepam (Ativan) and triazolam (Halcion) because it acted in a more targeted way and...

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