Insomnia is a condition in which for a number of reasons the affected
person cannot fall asleep or cannot stay asleep. This results in
non-restorative sleep and can end up affecting your long term health and social
life. Insomnia is categorized in two major groups, short term or acute insomnia
and long term or chronic insomnia. Short term insomnia is usually temporal
coming a result of changes in normal routine like illness, stress, grief or
travel and even hormonal fluctuations. Long term or chronic insomnia is where
the condition lasts for over three months with the individual going up to three
days a week without proper sleep. There is medication to help with insomnia and
you can buy Zolpidem 10MG online (UK)
for this.
Insomnia can also be classified depending on the sleep pattern in two
groups which are sleep onset insomnia and sleep maintenance insomnia. In sleep
onset insomnia the person stays awake hours after getting into bed before sleep
comes while with sleep maintenance, the person struggles to stay asleep lying
hours awake in the middle of the night struggling to fall asleep again.
Zolpidem 10MG is a sedative belonging to a group of drugs also known
as hypnotics. It is known by several other brands names like Ambien, Ambien CR,
Edluar, Intermezzo and Zolpimist. It is used to treat short term insomnia and
it acts on sections of the Central Nervous System (CNS) which may have become
unbalanced resulting in sleeping problems.
The drug is available in tablet form with the immediate release forms
being Ambien, Edluar Intermezzo and Zolpimist. Zolpidem is distributed by
Sanofi Avantis while there are several manufacturers making generic versions.
Ambien CR is the extended release form of the drug. It combines a fast acting
and slow release formulation to help one fall asleep and stay asleep. This is
achieved by having two layers one rapid acting component and another slow
release layer which is made of inactive ingredients whose function is to slow
the absorption of the drug and thus prolongs the hypnotic effect. Zolpidem can
thus be used to treat both sleep onset insomnia and sleep maintenance insomnia.
The effectiveness of Zolpidem has made it one of the most purchased
sleeping pill with at one time the Guardian reporting that 5.3 million people
in England alone we using the drug.
Usage and recommended dose
Zolpidem is available in 5mg and 10mg doses. Ambien CR is available in 6.25 mg and 12.5 mg strengths. The recommended initial dose for women is 5 mg and for men 5mg- 10 mg. this is because women have a lower Zolpidem clearance than men. The dosage can be increased by time if shown not to be effective. The drug should be taken immediately before bedtime with at least seven hours remaining before planned wake time. At no instance should the daily dose exceed 10mg once daily just before getting into bed.
Side effects
Common side effects of the drug include dizziness, next day impairment headaches and uncommon case of unusual behaviour while asleep.
