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What does Ambien come back as in a drug test?
Conclusions: These data indicate that zolpidem will not cross-react in standard urine drug screens with benzodiazepines, opiates, barbiturates, cocaine, cannabinoids, or amphetamines.
Is Ambien as addictive as Xanax?
Ambien and similar sleep medications can be effective, and they’re much less likely to be habit-forming than some other drugs sometimes prescribed for sleep problems — for example, benzodiazepines, such as alprazolam (Xanax), lorazepam (Ativan) or temazepam (Restoril).
Will Ambien show up on a drug test?
Ambien is a prescription medication used to treat insomnia. It is fast-acting and eliminated from the system fairly quickly. It can be detected in urine for 24-48 hours and in blood tests for 6-20 hours. Hair tests can detect it for up to 5 weeks.
Is there an alternative to taking Ambien?
Lunesta is the closest alternative to Zolpidem but it is just for sleep. Zolipidem is not indicated for anxiety. They started me on seroquel 50mg for sleep bc I wasn’t sleeping on ambien. They have other sleep aids in the ambien family that may help but they are really similar.
What are the long term side effects of Ambien?
Decreased Effectiveness. Furthermore,Ambien should not be used for more than one or two weeks or its effectiveness will significantly decrease.
What are the dangers of Ambien?
Ambien Side Effects. While Ambien can be highly effective when taken under medically controlled conditions,it also has the capacity to produce some dangerous side effects.
Will Ambien give a positive for benzodiazepine?
It is possible that Ambien (zolpidem) may cause a false-positive result for benzodiazepines (drugs such as Valium and Xanax). Ambien is not actually a benzodiazepine, but it shares some pharmacological properties with the benzodiazepines. So it may affect your drug urine test.