Ambien is an oral medication prescribed to treat sleep disorders is a medication that is able to help people sleep longer and without disrupted sleep. This is a medication that is classed as a sedative or sleep hypnotic drug.

The way this acts is to affect the brain by calming the brain, and is a drug that is prescribed for use for a period of one or two weeks. This is not a long term medication that is used to treat insomnia, but rather used for short term sleep disorders.

It is a medication that is taken as one pill nightly and there can be infrequent side effects in some people, such as temporary memory loss, and in some cases there can also be withdrawal reactions. This can occur when ambien has been taken for an extended amount of time and can cause shakiness, nervousness, nausea, flushing and cramps.

There can also be difficulties sleeping for a few nights after stopping taking this prescription sleep aid and will usually disappear on its own.