Sleep Driving with Sleeping Pills

[Retired]

March 14, 2007

The FDA (U.S.) has strengthened the warnings the manufacturers of 13 sleeping medications must include with their products.

? Drugs include the popular Ambien and Lunesta
? Risks include driving, eating and talking while asleep with no recollection later
? Ambien manufacturer: Fewer than one in 1,000 patients reported somnambulism

Because these medications are intended to put you to sleep, it is important to be able to devote at least 8 hours to uninterrupted sleep.

A small number of people taking these medications have reported various forms of sleep walking, sleep eating and sleep driving!

The medications affected are:

1. Ambien
2. Butisol sodium
3. Carbrital
4. Dalmane
5. Doral
6. Halcion
7. Lunesta
8. Placidyl
9. Prosom
10. Restoril
11. Rozerem
12. Seconal
13. Sonata

FDA News Release

[Been there Done that]

has anyone else experienced sleepwalking while taking ambien? Do people who sleepwalk get violent such as stabbing people?