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AMBIEN CR Dosage

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Together, you and your healthcare professional will determine the right dose of AMBIEN CR for you.

When considering AMBIEN CR, it is important to talk to your healthcare professional about your specific symptoms — such as problems falling asleep, staying asleep and/or waking up tired and feeling unrested. You may want to think about some questions to ask your healthcare professional and some questions your healthcare professional may ask you.

If your healthcare professional thinks AMBIEN CR is right for you, he or she will prescribe either a 6.25 mg or 12.5 mg dose. For many adults taking AMBIEN CR, the 12.5 mg dose is initially recommended. Once you have used AMBIEN CR for a while, your healthcare professional may adjust your prescription to a different dosage. The total AMBIEN CR dose should not exceed 12.5 mg per day.

Although AMBIEN CR can be taken for as long as your prescriber recommends, each person is unique—as are each person's sleep problems. For some people, taking AMBIEN CR every night is indicated by their healthcare professional and can be beneficial. For others, occasional use may be their healthcare professional's recommended solution. If you are unsure how often you should take AMBIEN CR or any sleep medication, it is important that you speak to your healthcare professional.

AMBIEN CR is a prescription sleep aid for people with insomnia. Do not take AMBIEN CR without talking to your healthcare professional first. Follow your healthcare professional's instructions about how to take, when to take, and how long to take AMBIEN CR. AMBIEN CR tablets should be swallowed whole and never divided, crushed, or chewed.

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AMBIEN CR is indicated to help you fall asleep and/or stay asleep.

AMBIEN is indicated for short-term treatment to help you fall asleep.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION

AMBIEN and AMBIEN CR are treatment options you and your doctor can consider along with lifestyle changes. When taking either of them, don’t drive or operate machinery. Plan to devote 7 to 8 hours to sleep before being active. Sleepwalking, and eating or driving while not fully awake, with memory loss for the event, as well as abnormal behaviors such as being more outgoing or aggressive than normal, confusion, agitation, and hallucinations may occur. Don’t take it with alcohol as it may increase these behaviors. In patients with depression, worsening of depression, including risk of suicide may occur. If you experience any of these behaviors contact your doctor immediately. Allergic reactions such as shortness of breath, swelling of your tongue or throat, may occur and in rare cases may be fatal. If you have an allergic reaction while using AMBIEN or AMBIEN CR, contact your doctor immediately. Side effects of AMBIEN CR may include next-day drowsiness, dizziness and headache. There is a low occurrence of side effects associated with the short-term use of AMBIEN. The most commonly observed side effects in controlled clinical trials were drowsiness, dizziness, and diarrhea. AMBIEN is taken for 7 to 10 days –or longer as advised by your provider. AMBIEN CR can be taken as long as your doctor recommends. AMBIEN and AMBIEN CR have some risk of dependency. They are non-narcotic.

Please refer to the AMBIEN CR full prescribing information and medication guide.
Please refer to the AMBIEN full prescribing information and medication guide.

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