Generic Ambien is the world's premier sleep aid drug in the form of Zolpidem. Ambien is the patented brand name of French Pharmaceutical giant Sanofi-Aventis for Zolpidem. In the year 2007 the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allowed thirteen generic versions of the drug Zolpidem tartrate. As a result the drug is available on prescription but it is much cheaper than the original patented Ambien. The companies that manufacture generic Zolpidem are TEVA in Israel, Ratiopharm in Germany, Sandoz in South Africa and several manufacturers in the UK.
End of Patent
Generic Ambien or Zolpidem tartrate is available in tablet form and these are either of 5mg dosage or 10mg dosage. Sanofi Aventis still holds the exclusive patent on the production of the 6.25mg and the 12.5 mg tablets of AmbienCR. The benefits of years and millions in dollars on research has been inherited by pharmaceutical companies manufacturing generic Ambien. It is a natural stage in the marketing of a drug by a big company. Patents protect them for a certain amount of years but after that other drug companies are free to use their expertise to produce formulations similar to the patented drug.
Sleep Disorder Cure
Zolpidem is classified as one of the hypnotic drugs. It is remarkable for the treatment of patients with sleep disorders especially insomnia. Generic Ambien in the form of various marketing brands of Zolpidem from various countries is a very frequently prescribed medicine in the Netherlands. It has now become a routine prescription in countries like the USA, Canada and UK. In fact these three countries have reported the misuse of these medicines as recreational drugs. People use it to get off the high effects of Ecstasy or MDMA. Drug dealers on the street sell them as intoxicants to the unwary and they are sold as Amee'ss, Abee's or Amb'zz. Prolonged use of the medicine can prove addictive but the same is true for all sleep inducing drugs. People report a feeling of euphoria if the need to sleep is resisted and the user stays awake deliberately.
Battle ready sleep
Generic Ambien drugs are nonbenzodiazepine medicines which means they only cause drowsiness and sleep without the muscle relaxation and seizure prevention properties of benzodiazepine medicines. Thus Generic Ambien drugs can be exactly classified as imidazopyridines. The muscle relaxing and anti convulsion properties are there in Ambien Generic drugs but require a very large dosage which makes the medicine impractical for this particular usage. A surprising user of Ambien Generic drugs is the United States Air Force. They use it in battle conditions to induce short spells of sleep in order to get the pilots ready for action.
Miracle drug for people in Coma
Generic Ambien drugs have also proved to be miracle workers in the case of patients in coma. PET or Positron Emission Tomography has shown that this medicine if given to people suffering from akinetic mutism as a result of hypoxia. This research has been done in Toulouse University hospital in France. The medicine has shown remarkable results in patients in a persistent vegetative state (PVS). Also patients in a minimally conscious state have been brought to a fully conscious state by the drug. Generic Ambien is a wonder drug in the form of Zolpidem tartrate tablets. The misuse of the drug by unscrupulous people does not take away the positive aspects of this medicine.
