Ambien, Lunesta, and Sleep Driving. Sleep Driving?

Delia, driving home from work one day, noticed a car slightly veering into her lane.
As the car got closer, she expected it to swerve back. She flashed her lights. No avail. By the time the car smashed into her head-on, she was in a panic. “I couldn’t run off the road because there was a guard rail. I braked but the car kept on coming.”
 
Luckily she was not hurt, but her car was totaled. The other driver suffered lacerations and was taken to the hospital. She expected the test results to be positive for alcohol, as the other driver was obviously did not have his wits about him.

Wrong. He was sleep-driving. Drug addicted to Ambien, a popular sleep aid, he, while asleep, climbed into his car and drove off. Asleep.

“Ambien, Lunesta, other sleep aids have come under scrutiny by not only by drug enforcement officials but by forensic toxicologists and safety groups,” states Mary Rieser, Executive Director for Narconon Drug Rehab in Georgia.

“What many people don’t realize is that Ambien and other drugs are addictive. People start taking them to help them with a temporary insomnia problem, then get where they can’t sleep without them, and that’s when the trouble starts.”

The New York Times, in an article labeled “Some Sleeping Pill Users Range Far Beyond Bed”, stated that Ambien drivers tended to stand out from other under-the-influence drivers: Tendencies to stare zombie-like, driving in the wrong direction, being oblivious to arresting police officers, slamming into stationary objects, are all symptoms of an Ambien driver.

Drug addiction takes many forms, and these include becoming addicted to sleeping aids.
 
“With some state toxicology laboratories stating Ambien makes the top 10 list of drugs found in impaired drivers, it is important not to become addicted to Ambien, Lunesta, or any other sleep aid, but if you do become addicted, get help. Don’t wait.” comments Ms. Rieser of Narconon Drug Rehab.

With more and more people taking sleep aids, this problem is on the rise. This is a billion dollar market, and without proper education many more people will be hurt.

Narconon Drug Rehab in Georgia gives information on these stimulants that are causing drug addiction.

For more information on drug rehab, prescription drug abuse, or drug education, call Narconon of Georgia at 1-877-413-3073.
 
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