Ambien CR 12.5MG
- Tell all of your health care providers that you take Ambien CR (zolpidem extended-release tablets). This includes your doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and dentists.
- This medicine may be habit-forming with long-term use.
- This is known as tolerance. Only use sleep drugs for a short time.
- Do not take naps.
- To lower the chance of feeling dizzy or passing out, rise slowly if you have been sitting or lying down. Be careful going up and down stairs.
- This medicine may cause sleepiness or lower alertness. This may lead to falls and injuries that may be very bad. Very bad injuries like broken hips and bleeding in the brain have happened. Talk with the doctor.
- If you are a woman, use Ambien CR (zolpidem extended-release tablets) with care. You could have more side effects.
- If you are 60 or older, use Ambien CR (zolpidem extended-release tablets) with care. You could have more side effects.
- This medicine is not approved for use in children. The chance of side effects like dizziness and hallucinations may be raised in children. Talk with the doctor if you have questions about giving Ambien CR (zolpidem extended-release tablets) to your child.
- You may not be alert. Do not drive or do other tasks or actions that call for you to be alert on the day after you take Ambien CR (zolpidem extended-release tablets).
- Tell your doctor if you are pregnant, plan on getting pregnant, or are breast-feeding. You will need to talk about the benefits and risks to you and the baby.
- Taking Ambien CR (zolpidem extended-release tablets) in the third trimester of pregnancy may lead to some health problems in the newborn. Talk with the doctor.
safety information
Use Ambien CR (zolpidem extended-release tablets) as ordered by your doctor. Read all information given to you. Follow all instructions closely.
- Take Ambien CR 12.5MG (zolpidem extended-release tablets) at bedtime.
- Take Ambien CR (zolpidem extended-release tablets) only 1 time per night.
- Take on an empty stomach.
- Do not take with or right after a meal.
- Swallow whole. Do not chew, break, or crush.
side effect
- Signs of an allergic reaction, like rash; hives; itching; red, swollen, blistered, or peeling skin with or without fever; wheezing; tightness in the chest or throat; trouble breathing, swallowing, or talking; unusual hoarseness; or swelling of the mouth, face, lips, tongue, or throat.
- New or worse behavior or mood changes like depression or thoughts of killing yourself.
- Hallucinations (seeing or hearing things that are not there).
- Feeling confused.
- Not thinking clearly.
- Trouble breathing, slow breathing, or shallow breathing.
- Change in balance.
- Change in eyesight.
- Memory problems or loss.
- Feeling very tired or weak.