I just love how you assholes talk shit but make no attempt to back up your claims with any pertinent data. And look at your loser post count to karma ratio. You're a platty with 4x as many posts and I still have more K than you and I'm just a basic member. Obviously your opinion doesn't mean much in the grand scheme of things here. Go buy some more karma or man up and back up your opinions, instead of crying bullshit then hiding behind your keyboard you N-Sync wannabe legless pencilneck geek.
Do us all a favor and find us some positive studies on Ambien use that weren't conducted by someone that has a financial interest in it's success on the drug market. I doubt that's possible, so why don't you give us your expert opinion on what a benign and harmless substance Ambien is? In a few clicks of my mouse I could probably find 20 different studies on how tame marijuana is by people with no financial interest in it's import or export(besides personal use). The same can't be said about any Rx drug of any kind-but especially the big money makers like Ambien, Prozac, Paxil, Adderall, etc. Anybody remember Phen phen or Fen-Fen??? How many people had strokes/heart probs from using it??? It was legal and "harmless" too at one time. And what about Viox??? Same shit. Class Action Lawsuits are still pending up the ass too!!!
And back about 12 years ago GHB - gamma hydroxybutyric - was legal and sold at GNC as a sleep aid. I'll agree it's a dangerous substance when combined with other drugs, and most people are too irresponsible to use it-but increased Rem sleep, increased natural growth hormone secretion, with no hangover the next AM is definitely something worth looking into for some people.
And a little Ambien story of interest. My friend is 40 yrs old and has been a daily weed smoker since his teens. A long time ago he promised his wife he'd quit smoking weed on his 40th b-day. She was one of those sheep bent on her husband not using illegal drugs. Anywho, he quits and 2 months of insomnia ensue. He's having trouble concentrating at work and his daily job performance was declining. Well, he goes to the Dr and the Dr prescribes him Ambien. It worked almost immediately-except he was now having a difficult time staying awake on the job. About 2 wks into his Ambien Rx, he falls asleep driving to work, wrecks his new car, and gets a DUI for Ambien. This is a guy that smoked blunts on his way to work daily for years and never had an accident. Now he gets on some legal shit and two wks later he has a wrecked car, is facing criminal charges, and his life is off in a ditch like never before. Why??? Because his sheep wife thinks that illegal and immoral are the same thing. Absolutely fucking ridiculous. Equally as ridiculous was him promising his wife he'd give up weed, but that's off topic. Anyway, I told him to move to Cali and get a Rx for weed. Then she can't bitch. With a weed Rx you can get weed soda, weed chips, weed breath strips, etc you name it-and the buzz is killer and you don't even need to smoke it.
Anyway, the whole point I was trying to make was that I don't think it's a coincidence that him quitting weed and replacing it with a legally prescribed Rx that fucked his life up was just his bad luck.