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Ambien, Lunesta, Other 'New-Generation' Sleep Aids Linked to Bizarre Behavior
May 6, 2008
| Parker Waichman LLP
New generation sleeping pills, like Lunesta and Ambien, may be as likely to cause serious adverse reactions as older sleep aids. While older...
Ambien Linked to 6 UK Fatalities, Possible Suspect in Heath Ledger Death
Jan 28, 2008
| Parker Waichman LLP
Ambien—trade name Zolpidem in the United States—has been linked to six deaths in the United Kingdom and a large number of adverse...
Woman blames 'sleep driving' on Ambien
Mar 16, 2007
| www.khou.com
You've heard of sleep walking, "sleep eating," other bizarre behaviors associated with the medication Ambien. On Wednesday, the FDA urged...
New labels on sleep aids to specify odd effects
Mar 15, 2007
| Baltimore Sun
Under pressure from the federal government, drugmakers are revising the labels on Ambien, Lunesta and other popular sleep aids to warn that the pills...
FDA wants pill labels to warn of `sleep-driving'
Mar 15, 2007
| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has told the manufacturers of 13 brands of sleeping pills, including Ambien, Lunesta and Rozerem, to change...
FDA wants stronger warnings for sleep disorder drugs
Mar 14, 2007
| AP
All sleeping pills, including the blockbusters Ambien and Lunesta, may sometimes cause a bizarre but dangerous side effect, sleep-driving, the Food...
FDA Requests Label Change for All Sleep Disorder Drug Products
Mar 14, 2007
| www.fda.gov
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has requested that all manufacturers of sedative-hypnotic drug products, a class of drugs used to induce...
FDA says pills can cause 'sleep-driving'
Mar 14, 2007
| AP
All prescription sleeping pills may sometimes cause sleep-driving, federal health officials warned Wednesday, almost a year after the bizarre side...
FDA Wants Tougher Labels on Popular Sleep Drugs
Mar 14, 2007
| www.thestreet.com
The Food and Drug Administration says all prescription insomnia drugs should have tougher labels that warn users they could have severe allergic...
FDA Demands Stronger Warnings for Sleep Meds
Mar 14, 2007
| CNN
LEMON: Well, the government wants new warning labels on a type of sleeping pill you've probably seen a lot of ads for or even use yourself. The drugs...
