March 8, 2006
Ambien Sleep Driving
Posted at March 8, 2006 7:17 AM in Drug Products
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You've all seen the ads for the popular sleep aid Ambien. Yet, behind this popularity is a little known fact: the sudden rise in Ambien related impaired driver arrests. Some of those arrested state that they have no recollection of driving a vehicle prior to the arrest. In some state toxicology laboratories Ambien makes the top 10 list of drugs found in impaired drivers. And as a more people are taking the drug -- 26.5 million prescriptions in this country last year -- there are signs that Ambien-related driving arrests are on the rise.
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