This pill is perfect example of how drug companies rip off the American tax payer. These drug companies have used tax credits and tax deductions to conduct their R&D and now their releasing a "new" drug that isn't new at all. I'm sure the price will be outrageous compared to generic ambien that runs about 12$ for a 30 day supply. Absolutely ludicrous. I hate drug companies.

Patrick Kennedy is the spokesman for this pill.

I need a pill that gives me insomnia from 8am to 8pm!

Benadryl works well for me.

I agree with Sedna 1. Benadryl is great as a sleep aid.

But, in addition, there already is a "middle of the night" sleeping pill - Sonata (zaleplon). I've been taking it when I wake up at 1 AM and can't get back to sleep for years now. It lasts around 3 hours or so and doesn't impair driving after it wears off. This is if it's only takes occasionally, not if it's taken as a daily sleep aid. (When taken daily it has different, cumulative effects).

Thank goodness, there just isn't enough sleeping pills available to choose from.

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I've just been splitting my 10mg Ambien pills in half. Silly me.

The original zolpidem tablets quickly acquired a bad name for causing blackouts resembling an alcoholic blackout. It was so notorious that I wanted to go to doctor saying I wanted a scrip because I hated driving and was driving to California from Michigan, where I live. Only gradually would I reveal that I actually planned to drive the 2000 miles in my sleep.

Has anyone tested this new weaker variation to make sure blackouts don't occur at its dose?