Zolpidem Awakens Comatose Patient
by Brian Yalung on Saturday, November 3rd, 2007
Sleeping pills have been known to help people sleep better. However, to awaken them from deep slumbers such as being comatose for some years will draw mixed reactions. It can either be hilarious or strange. It may also do harm with regards to the credibility of the sleeping pill called Zolpidem distributed under the Ambien brand.
“When she takes the pill, I see her face relax and the old sparkle return to her eyes,” her mother, Thelma Pickard said. “It’s incredible.”
The woman’s case is described on “The Waking Pill,” a BBC documentary that aired on Wednesday of this week.
She is one of 360 patients around the world in a trial on using zolpidem for coma patients. The pill’s usefulness was first discovered in 1999 when a young South African, Louis Viljoen, who had been comatose for five years, was given a pill and awoke instead of going to sleep…
Source: Report: Sleeping Pill Appears to Awaken Woman from Coma
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