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Lunesta - monitoring more than 9,100 patients

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What does it do?

This product is used in the treatment of insomnia. It is a non-benzodiazepine that is thought to work on the brain to promote muscle relaxation and sedation.

Last text update: 2011-10-04

Last data update: 2012-01-14

Usage:

Lunesta is most commonly used to treat the conditions below, together with the percentage of all people taking the medication for the particular condition.

Insomnia

100%

General Information:

7.0: Lunesta Average Satisfaction Score

84% of patients are at least somewhat satisfied with Lunesta.
14% of patients wish they were told more before they started taking Lunesta

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I developed a condition where everything I drank after about 2 days after starting Lunesta tasted so horribly bitter that I gagged on it or had to spit it out. It didn't matter what I drank - it tasted horrible. It didn't affect food - just liquids. I had to switch to Ambien.

53 year old – Source: MediGuard
Posted: 2011-01-04 14:07:34

I took Lunesta previously and slept like a baby for 8 or more hours, the most wonderful sleep I've ever had, but maybe too much sleep. Now, maybe 2 years later, I'm on different medications, and I'm trying Lunesta again. This time it isn't working as well. I do go to sleep, but it is a restless, unsatisfying sleep, with wakeful periods, and awake for the day at 5 or 6AM. I can't figure out why there is such a difference. The meds I'm on should all increase sedation with Lunesta, but they aren't.

64 year old – Source: MediGuard
Posted: 2010-10-19 13:52:33

this is the first night i took it.Went to bed around 10 and was wide awake by 12:30 could not get back to sleep for 3 or four hours.I thought it would work better .Was on ambian cr before,and it kwit working after a few weeks.

65 year old – Source: MediGuard
Posted: 2010-08-18 07:27:26

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