Warning: May Cause Sleep-Driving and Sleep-Eating As the most widely prescribed sleeping pill in the United States, Ambien® was originally marketed as being safer and less addictive, and having fewer side effects, than older sleeping medications. But Ambien and similar sleeping pills turned out to have their own side effects. Ambien users have reported waking up to find the oven turned on and food strewn around the kitchen and in their bed. Other Ambien users have reported driving while asleep, waking up only after being arrested on the side of the road (Saul, 2007a, 2007b). In general, Ambien appears to increase the odds of experiencing parasomnias (Ben-Hamou & others, 2011). The U.S. Food and Drug Administration now requires that Ambien and other sleeping medications warn of sleep-driving, sleep-eating, and performing other complex behaviors during sleep as potential side effects.
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