Did you know that Ambien, the moniker for Zolpidem, a medication prescribed to alleviate short rounds of insomnia, is actually a nonbenzodiazepine hypnotic that only stays in your system for 2 to 2.5 hours? Excuse me, but I cannot believe that I am the sole person that wonders why a substance prescribed as a sleeping aid only lasts for 3 hours receives a strong recommendation for Ambien’s French creators, Sanofl Aventis, that a person needs at least 7 or 8 hours to recover from a single 6.25 milligram pill. If for some peculiar reason, lets say, the drug wore off, and you wake-up; you could possibly encounter the scary prospect of amnesia as a side-effect. Even more terrifying is that amnesia comes with a nasty little gang of equally petrifying side-effects such as hallucinations, which can be experienced by all physical senses. Let us just stop there and ask the obvious question: Seriously? A person that takes Zolpidem can actually experience intense hallucinations via their sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch. Can you imagine hearing these horrendous physical consequences described to you in any context let alone as safe and acceptable from the doctor that prescribes the Zolpidem? Moreover, if prevalence of Ambien prescriptions and abuse in the United States wasn’t scary enough, now we have Latisse.
Latisse, produced by Allergan, is technically a synthetic hormone that affects eye pressure. Its generic trade name is Lumigan, which is a 0.03% ophthalmic solution used to control glaucoma and relieve ocular hypertension as a cosmetic! The eyelash growth that Latisse promotes a person will attain if they use the solution nightly and in perpetuity is a side effect of using Lumigan. Latisse is a side effect. I mean I can see why a person would be torn between having thinner eyelashes and the prospect of thick full eyelashes that could come with the promise of a prescription for medical marijuana. The side effects of the side effect known commercially as Latisse also includes eyelid darkening, which could be permanent, and if Latisse gets in your eyes it can inflame your cornea that can make your blue eyes turn brown. Yes, your eyes can actually change colors. However, out of all the absurd side-effects I have read about recently, my personal favorite is Ambien sex.
While “uninhibited intimacy” was not among the initial side-effects listed by Sanofl Aventis, it has been reported and documented by enough Ambien patients to be added to the side-effect cannon. This new facet of Ambien’s effects on a patient displays one of the scariest issues associated with Ambien, wakefulness. Ambien works by sedating our inhibitory neurons, which stop neural activity, but it does not do the same to our excitatory neurons, which transmit activity. Without the buffer of the inhibitory neurons, slumbering people can walk around, dial a phone, drive a car, or they can screw their brains out, and those are only some of the life-threatening behaviors reported by people who have taken Ambien. This wakefulness combined with an increased libido topped off with a nice side of anterorgrade amnesia has caused many an Ambien prescribed couple to wake-up with the same question on their lips: “Did… did we have… sex last night?” My final questions have to be: What other physically and mentally detrimental side effects are the F.D.A. accepting as reasonable and safe? Latisse Sex?
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