‘Awakenings’ That Occur With Popular Sleep-Aid Ambien May Be Explained
June 30, 2009 by admin
Filed under Sleep News
Do you experience problems with Ambien? There are many side effects of ambien, and other over-the-counter (OTC) sleep drugs. As sleep is still considered a phenomenon not fully understood, drug companies churn out drugs for the masses which have undesirable effects hitherto unknown to medical science.
To quote Dr Molly M. Hunstman, an assistant professor in the department of pharmacology at Georgetown University Medical Center and corresponding author for the study:
“Some people who take the fast-acting sleep-aid zolpidem (Ambien) have been observed walking, eating, talking on the phone and even driving while not fully awake. Many often don’t remember doing any of these activities the next morning. Similarly, this drug has been shown to awaken the minimally conscious into a conscious state…”This was really unexpected. It appears the receptors on some inhibitory neurons were changed and were able to be inhibited by zolpidem, preventing them from performing their normal functions.”
Sleep is a natural process the body undergoes, and altering it with unnatural products might cause undesirable effects. Taking a sleeping pill does not solve the problem and often exacerbates it. Also, there are many changes these drugs cause to the body which man has not been fully able to understand. This is one of the many reasons why I tend to approach sleep with a more natural and holistic approach - by improving sleep habits and changing sleep patterns to suit you. This ensures that you have the safest and most natural way to sleep better.
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