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Re: Is Ambien a Benzodiazapine?

Posted by Stephanie99 on August 14, 2009, at 0:44:05

In reply to Is Ambien a Benzodiazapine?, posted by fachad on April 8, 2002, at 9:22:22

AMBIEN IS NOT A BENZO!! Medical babble included.

Is it or isn't it? I got so tired of one forum telling me yes, another no so I decided to go to the ambien website (ambien.com) and clicked on the "prescribing information" in tiny letters at the bottom of the page, which is where I found the following:

11 DESCRIPTION

Ambien (zolpidem tartrate) is a non-benzodiazepine hypnotic of the imidazopyridine class and is available in 5 mg and 10 mg strength tablets for oral administration.

Chemically, zolpidem is N,N,6-trimethyl-2-p-tolylimidazo[1,2-a] pyridine-3-acetamide L-(+)-tartrate (2:1).

Zolpidem tartrate is a white to off-white crystalline powder that is sparingly soluble in water, alcohol, and propylene glycol. It has a molecular weight of 764.88.

Each Ambien tablet includes the following inactive ingredients: hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, lactose, magnesium stearate, micro-crystalline cellulose, polyethylene glycol, sodium starch glycolate, and titanium dioxide. The 5 mg tablet also contains FD&C Red No. 40, iron oxide colorant, and polysorbate 80.

Here is the link: http://products.sanofi-aventis.us/ambien/ambien.html

There is so much more info there, but I think this tells us that ambien in NOT a benzo!

Hope this helps!
Good Luck


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