I accidentally took 2 of my brother’s topamax pills. I’m wondering if I can now take my prescribed ambien? I would think so seeing as topamax is not a heavy duty drug and I didn’t find any significant interactions with them. Anyone know?
Chosen Answer:
Call any 24 hour pharmacy and speak with the pharmacist! Yahoo! Answers is not the place to ask for information like this.
If you’re stranded and don’t have a phone, here’s the information I pulled off of drugs.com:
“MONITOR: Central nervous system- and/or respiratory-depressant effects may be additively or synergistically increased in patients taking multiple drugs that cause these effects, especially in elderly or debilitated patients.
MANAGEMENT: During concomitant use of these drugs, patients should be monitored for potentially excessive or prolonged CNS and respiratory depression. Ambulatory patients should be counseled to avoid hazardous activities requiring complete mental alertness and motor coordination until they know how these agents affect them, and to notify their physician if they experience excessive or prolonged CNS effects that interfere with their normal activities”
This is listed as a ‘moderate’ interaction. Depending on an uncountable amount of factors, this could mean anything from “you may die in your sleep” to “nah, it’s cool man”. When in doubt, don’t mix medications (especially two medications so similar in action) until you’ve talked to someone who’s an expert.
Drugs are bad, mmkay.
by: Interrobangin’
on: 8th December 09
I ran out of Ambien so I didn’t sleep last night AT ALL. Today I am so exhausted that I can’t think straight. I will be taking Ambien tonight after I see my DR and get my prescription filled. Will a nap mess with my sleep aided by ambien tonight?
Chosen Answer:
It did mine. Check with your doctor. Everyone is different in how they react to medication.
by: lnrosy2000
on: 4th April 08
It’s been several hours since I took the oxycodone 30mg. My doctor prescribed me the Ambien and said if it didn;t work to take 1 1/2 of a 10 mg pill. Is this safe?
Chosen Answer:
it is safe. as long as you are going to sleep you will be fine, because both of these meds will make you drowsy. hope this helps!
by: Ambivalence
on: 6th May 09
i am on 50mg of Pamelor which is an anti-depressant. its a low dosage and is used to prevent chronic migraines rather than depression. i’ve been having trouble sleeping lately and want to take an Ambien tonight. would the combination cause any weird problem for me?
Chosen Answer:
It shouldn’t just take one ambien, and it shouldn’t effect you in any negative way, i am on anti depressants, and was on ambien and it didn’t do anything bad.
by:
on: 12th March 11
I don’t want links to websites about insomnia or suggestions for different types of meds. I just want to know how other insomniacs like myself deal with it. How do you deal with your day at work/school? At the end of the day what do you do to help your body fall asleep?
Chosen Answer:
If you have real insomnia you either don’t go to sleep at all or you go to sleep for only a few hours.
I went through a period of about three months where I didn’t and couldn’t sleep at all. I am a single mom of three kids, full time college student, and could barely function. I had a difficult time concentrating on anything.
A friend of mine gave me sleeping pills to try but that only put me to sleep for about 3 hours.
Then a nurse friend gave me B-12 and calcium to take.
Once I got started on that I was able to get more sleep.
Some other friends helped take care of my kids while I could sleep some. After about two weeks my life starting getting back to normal.
by: Jenn B
on: 8th September 08
I have already taken all the sleep medications there is. Im thinking of a sleep clinic but I heard if you have insomnia they just give you a sleep aid.
Chosen Answer:
You should try brainwave entrainment. I had long-term, crushing insomnia for years and tried all the pills and herbs but they just didn’t fix it. Brainwave entrainment uses ambient music tracks to lull your brain into producing the right brainwaves for sleep. People are right when they say you should change your lifestyle and this is part of that, because using it for a while ‘re-trains’ your brain. At this point your brain is probably conditioned not to fall asleep, so you’ll have to recondition it.
There are reviews for several options for this-one of them free-at the blog listed below.
by: James D
on: 31st March 08
I have to find a doctor that accepts my insurance (Humana HMO) and will help me with my anxiety and insomnia. I tried going to the website and picking a doctor at random, and he was horrible, he didn’t help at all. I don’t have time to go doctor shopping, but my symptoms are getting out of control.
Chosen Answer:
Take a vacation , go to the beach , take a mental day off , meditate , get delta wave cds for relaxation , practice breathing techniqes …before bed
by: SID~U.S.M.C.
on: 10th February 08
I have this report to do for health class. Well, it was supposed to be on a type of disease. When I chose insomnia, I did not know insomnia wasn’t a disease or disorder, but a symptom of different diseases and diorders. I told my teacher and she told me to work it out. Can anyone help?
Chosen Answer:
“How and where did insomnia originate?” — This cannot be answered. Sorry.
Your teacher gave you good advice but you didn’t follow it. Did you run a search for “causes of insomnia”??
by: TweetyBird
on: 11th January 10
What Is Ambien (Zolpidem) ?
Ambien is a sedative, also called a hypnotic. It affects chemicals in your brain that may become unbalanced and cause sleep problems (insomnia).
Ambien is used for the short-term treatment of insomnia (difficulty falling or staying asleep). This medication causes relaxation to help you fall asleep.
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