Sleepdriving on Ambien--How big a deal is that?--Part 2

[Louisiana1976]

I thought it was a joke the first time I saw this mentioned in an ad

When taking Ambien CR don't drive or operate machinery.
Sleepwalking, eating or driving while not fully awake with memory loss for the event...

It's not.

No one wants to turn people away from their product with scary warnings. So their warning don't always capture the reality of the situation. Like this one for Ambien CR.

It turns out that people taking Ambien and Ambien CR are sleepwalking, binge eating, and driving without being conscious of what they are doing. Besides Tiger Woods, how big a deal is that?

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/12/12/813028/-Sleepdriving-on-Ambien.-How-big-a-deal-is-that(2-of-3)

[Wapsie B]

1. Sleepy driving whether it's the hangover effect from Ambien or from some other reason

is a very big deal. As much as drunken driving and in some cases moreso.

[Bitwit1234]

2. Patrick Kennedy took Ambien and remember he drove into that blockade.

He said he had taken the sleeping aid and didn't remember. The republicans, he he's and haw haw'd til the maker came out and said it was entirely possible and then put the warnings out.