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Zolpidem vs Ambien - What's the difference?

zolpidem | ambien |

As a noun zolpidem

is a certain fast-acting hypnotic (sleep-inducing drug) used for the short-term treatment of insomnia, and marketed under several different trade names.

As a proper noun Ambien is

trade name of zolpidem, a medication most widely known as a treatment for insomnia.

zolpidem

English

Noun

(wikipedia zolpidem) (-)
  • A certain fast-acting hypnotic (sleep-inducing drug) used for the short-term treatment of insomnia, and marketed under several different trade names.

    • ambien

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • Trade name of zolpidem, a medication most widely known as a treatment for insomnia.
  • *2011 , Jonathan Handel, Hollywood on Strike!: An Industry at War in the Internet Age , p. 389:
    • Silicon Valley is not going to suddenly take an Ambien and stop innovating.
  • *2010 , Patricia Morrisroe, Wide Awake: A Memoir of Insomnia , p. 119:
    • But Eckleburg is powerless against her, so I take an Ambien , and then, at 2 AM, the New York City Department of Transportation decides it's the perfect time to rip up the street.
  • *2009 , ":
  • *:The city never sleeps/better slip you an Ambien .