17.4 MEDICATION GUIDE

MEDICATION GUIDE

ZOLPIDEM TARTRATE EXTENDED-RELEASE TABLETS

Rx Only

Read the Medication Guide that comes with zolpidem tartrate extended-release tablets before you start taking it and each time you get a refill. There may be new information. This Medication Guide does not take the place of talking to your doctor about your medical condition or treatment.

What is the most important information I should know about Zolpidem Tartrate Extended-Release Tablets?

After taking zolpidem tartrate extended-release tablets, you may get up out of bed while not being fully awake and do an activity that you do not know you are doing. The next morning, you may not remember that you did anything during the night. You have a higher chance for doing these activities if you drink alcohol or take other medicines that make you sleepy with zolpidem tartrate extended-release tablets. Reported activities include:

• driving a car ("sleep-driving")
• making and eating food
• talking on the phone
• having sex
• sleep-walking

Call your doctor right away if you find out that you have done any of the above activities after taking zolpidem tartrate extended-release tablets.

Important:

1.  Take zolpidem tartrate extended-release tablets exactly as prescribed

• Do not take more zolpidem tartrate extended-release tablets than prescribed.
• Take zolpidem tartrate extended-release tablets right before you get in bed, not sooner.

2.  Do not take zolpidem tartrate extended-release tablets if you:

• drink alcohol
• take other medicines that can make you sleepy. Talk to your doctor about all of your medicines.  Your doctor will tell you if you can take zolpidem tartrate extended-release tablets with your other medicines.
• cannot get a full night’s sleep

What are Zolpidem Tartrate Extended-Release Tablets?

Zolpidem tartrate extended-release tablets are a sedative-hypnotic (sleep) medicine. Zolpidem tartrate extended-release tablets are used in adults for the treatment of a sleep problem called insomnia. Symptoms of insomnia include:

• trouble falling asleep
• waking up often during the night

Zolpidem tartrate extended-release tablets are not for children.