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==Efficacny==
==Efficacny==
In [[geriatric]], the benefits of zolpidem to not clearly ex cede the [[drug toxicity]].<ref name="pmid16284208">{{cite journal| author=Glass J, Lanctôt KL, Herrmann N, Sproule BA, Busto UE| title=Sedative hypnotics in older people with insomnia: meta-analysis of risks and benefits. | journal=BMJ | year= 2005 | volume= 331 | issue= 7526 | pages= 1169 | pmid=16284208  
In [[geriatrics]], the benefits of zolpidem to not clearly exceed the [[drug toxicity]].<ref name="pmid16284208">{{cite journal| author=Glass J, Lanctôt KL, Herrmann N, Sproule BA, Busto UE| title=Sedative hypnotics in older people with insomnia: meta-analysis of risks and benefits. | journal=BMJ | year= 2005 | volume= 331 | issue= 7526 | pages= 1169 | pmid=16284208  
| url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=clinical.uthscsa.edu/cite&email=badgett@uthscdsa.edu&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16284208 | doi=10.1136/bmj.38623.768588.47 | pmc=PMC1285093 }}  [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=clinical.uthscsa.edu/cite&email=badgett@uthscdsa.edu&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16813362 Review in: ACP J Club. 2006 Jul-Aug;145(1):14]  [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=clinical.uthscsa.edu/cite&email=badgett@uthscdsa.edu&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17213123 Review in: Evid Based Med. 2006 Aug;11(4):110]  [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=clinical.uthscsa.edu/cite&email=badgett@uthscdsa.edu&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16865838 Review in: Evid Based Nurs. 2006 Jul;9(3):87] <!--Formatted by http://sumsearch.uthscsa.edu/cite/--></ref><ref name="pmid9417012">{{cite journal| author=Nowell PD, Mazumdar S, Buysse DJ, Dew MA, Reynolds CF, Kupfer DJ| title=Benzodiazepines and zolpidem for chronic insomnia: a meta-analysis of treatment efficacy. | journal=JAMA | year= 1997 Dec 24-31 | volume= 278 | issue= 24 | pages= 2170-7 | pmid=9417012  
| url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=clinical.uthscsa.edu/cite&email=badgett@uthscdsa.edu&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16284208 | doi=10.1136/bmj.38623.768588.47 | pmc=PMC1285093 }}  [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=clinical.uthscsa.edu/cite&email=badgett@uthscdsa.edu&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16813362 Review in: ACP J Club. 2006 Jul-Aug;145(1):14]  [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=clinical.uthscsa.edu/cite&email=badgett@uthscdsa.edu&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17213123 Review in: Evid Based Med. 2006 Aug;11(4):110]  [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=clinical.uthscsa.edu/cite&email=badgett@uthscdsa.edu&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16865838 Review in: Evid Based Nurs. 2006 Jul;9(3):87] <!--Formatted by http://sumsearch.uthscsa.edu/cite/--></ref><ref name="pmid9417012">{{cite journal| author=Nowell PD, Mazumdar S, Buysse DJ, Dew MA, Reynolds CF, Kupfer DJ| title=Benzodiazepines and zolpidem for chronic insomnia: a meta-analysis of treatment efficacy. | journal=JAMA | year= 1997 Dec 24-31 | volume= 278 | issue= 24 | pages= 2170-7 | pmid=9417012  
| url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=clinical.uthscsa.edu/cite&email=badgett@uthscdsa.edu&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=9417012 }} <!--Formatted by http://sumsearch.uthscsa.edu/cite/--></ref>
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In pharmacology, zolpidem is an agonist of the inhibitory neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). Zolpidem's pharmacological action is in the category of hypnotics and sedatives. Zolpidem is one of the Z drugs (zopiclone, eszopiclone, zolpidem, and zaleplon).

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In geriatrics, the benefits of zolpidem to not clearly exceed the drug toxicity.[1][2]

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