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For two decades, millions of Americans have taken a
medicine called ‘Ambien’ to help them sleep at night. But for
years, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has gotten
complaints that people felt drowsy the morning after taking the
medicine or its successors, and sometimes got into car
accidents.
After laboratory studies and driving tests confirming
the risks of drowsiness, the FDA said that women should be
taking half as much of the medicine. The new recommendation
applies to drugs containing the active ingredient zolpidem, by
far the most widely used sleep aid. Using lower doses means
less of the drug will remain in the blood in the morning hours,
and will reduce the risk that people who use it will be impaired
while driving.
The announcement was focused on women because
they take longer to metabolize the drug than men. An estimated
10 percent to 15 percent of women will have a level of
zolpidem in their blood that could impair driving eight hours
after taking the pill, while only about 3 percent of men do.
Reports of aftereffects from sleeping pills have circulated for
years, and some doctors questioned why the drug agency took
so long to act. Mishaps with sleepy driving — and even strange
acts of texting, eating or having sex in the night without any
memory of it in the morning — have long been familiar to the
medical community. Internet: www.nytimes.com (adapted).

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Women face greater risks than men of feeling drowsy in
the morning because their bodies take longer to metabolize
the drug.

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Fonte: TéCNICO JUDICIáRIO - PROGRAMAçãO DE SISTEMAS / CNJ / 2013 / CESPE