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Sleeping pill Stilnoct can increase the risk of heart attacks, scientists claim
Research carried out among heart attack victims found a higher rate among those who
took the medication
Experts in China say taking 60 pills can increase risk by up to 50 per
cent
Makers Sanofi Inc say there are no known adverse cardiac reactions to drug
By Lucy Crossley
Updated: 08:17 BST, 8 January 2014
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Research carried out among heart attack victims found that numbers were higher among those who had taken zolpidem tablets, prescribed in the UK under the name Stilnoct and in the US as Ambien Buy.
Scientists have linked taking zolpidem to an increased threat of heart attacks, and believe that taking the equivalent of 60 of the pills can increase the risk
by as much as 50per cent.
[img][/img] Risk: A study carried out among heart attack victims
found that numbers were higher among those who had taken zolpidem tablets
Even taking just four pills with a dose of 35 miligrams per year increases the
risk of a life-threatening cardiac episode by 20per cent.
The study, which was carried out by experts
at the China Medical University in Taiwan, is the first to link zolpidem with
cardiovascular problems.
Drug manufacturers Sanofi Inc have refuted the finding and said there are no known adverse cardiac reactions to buy zolpidem Online.
Experts can not be completely sure that the pills are responsible for heart
problems.
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However, scientists, who presented their findings at the world's biggest cardiology
conference in Dallas, Texas, say further and wider-reaching
investigations into possible side effects of the drug
are required following the study of more than 5,000 people.
Scientists who compared 5,000 heart attack victims with
20,000 healthy adults claimed there was a higher rate of heart attacks among those
who took zolpidem.
The findings, revealed at the annual meeting of the American Heart Association, showed that even taking the pills sporadically can increase the risk of suffering a
heart attack.
'The risk of an acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) was greatly increased with
zolpidem exposure,' the report said, according to the[url=]
Daily Express[/url].
[img][/img] Medication: Around five million people in Britain are prescribed z-hypnotics, including zolpidem,
for insomnia every year
As part of a separate study the China Medical University scientists found
that taking the equivalent of a 10mg zolpidem tablet every week can double
the risk of a patient suffering a damaged aorta blood vessel.
According to the scientists the medication can increase the threat of an aortic dissection, where the vital aorta
blood vessel is torn with potentially fatal results as it can cause internal bleeding.
In a statement Sanofi Inc said that that known adverse
reactions to the drug did not include acute myocardial
infarction or aortic dissection.
It said: ambien overnight no prescription
'We stand behind the substantial body of clinical
data demonstrating the safety and efficacy of zolpidem, which was
first approved in France in June 1987, amounting to 26
years of real-world use and 24 billion nights of patient therapy worldwide.'
Around five million people in Britain are prescribed z-hypnotics, including zolpidem,
for insomnia every year.
However, there have been an increasing number of fears over their safety and it is recommended that patients should take the lowest dose possible for no more than four weeks.
In 2012, the US Food and Drug Administration said that
the recommended dosages of zolpidem should be halved to to five milligrams because
of concerns that the medication can remain in the bloodstream for longer than initially thought.
An unrelated study carried out last year showed
increased rates of cancer-related deaths among people taking all varieties of sleeping pills, not just z-hypnotics.Â
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