UPDATE: Ambien lawsuits no longer being pursued

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“UPDATE: Ambien lawsuits no longer being pursued”

1. janet C. Kercher Says:
   September 14th, 2007 at 9:34 am

   wHAT KIND OF INFORMATION DO YOU REQUIRE TO MOVE FORWARD. i WAS ARRESTED WHILE SLEEP DRIVING AND CHARGED WITH A DWI. BLOOD TEST PROVED THE PRESENTS OF AMBIEN. AND I WAS CONVICTED OF SLEEP DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUNCE OF AMBIEN. PLEASE VONTACT THE ABOVE

2. Austin Kirk Says:
   September 14th, 2007 at 10:38 am

   Ms. Kercher, please note that we are no longer investigating potential claims associated with Ambien side effects. I wish you the best in your defense of these charges, but our office will be unable to assist you with any legal claim.

3. mary pauly Says:
   September 30th, 2007 at 10:54 am

   TO Janet Kercher – me too – just the other night – what happend with your court case?

4. Pam Says:
   October 20th, 2007 at 10:40 am

   Janet and Mary,
   I am sorry to hear about your cases – please share with me what happened to my email.
   My friend that lives with me could have killed us Oct. 18, 2007. Whenever he takes the Ambien I feel like I have to stay awake all night to monitor him for his safety and mine. I had finally dosed off about 7 am after being up monitoring him all night(he was in bed sleeping) I hear him about 7:30 and open my bedroom door to an overwhelming smell of gas(he had been cooking) – I go to the kitchen and he had turned the gas burner on without it lighting. NO recollection of any of this by him after the fact.
   I will be posting my last 3 years experience with him taking it on askdocweb.com here in the next few days.
   Thank God I woke up! This drug needs to be taken off the market.

5. Pam Says:
   October 20th, 2007 at 10:40 am

   opps my email is:
   mortgage_consultants (at) hotmail.com (EDIT – removed the “@” to prevent email address from being picked up by spam bots)

6. suzanne crawley Says:
   January 15th, 2008 at 3:05 pm

   I lost my job as a school teacher because of Ambian’s side effects. I too was arrested, charged and convicted of DWI. I don’t remember a thing until I woke up in a jail cell. My lawyer did his best but the judge had never heard of Ambian. I took a doctor perscribed medication and followed the directions and it ruined my life. Is there anything I can do so this doesn’t happen to someone else?

7. j rider Says:
   February 4th, 2008 at 1:56 am

   Let’s Talk:
   I had 4-5 accidents using abmien.
   I became so addicted, I was buying it over the internet…
   It cost me hundreds of thousands of dollars!-yes 6 figures
   i almost got convicted of a felony
   The stuff is unpredictible

   j

8. Jeanie Says:
   February 21st, 2008 at 1:18 pm

   I had same experience … drove … wrecked … was arrested and charged with a DUI … had to do 3 days as well as loosing an employment opportunity…only took the drug that week…all my blood and urine screens proved i only had ambien – nothing else Charges were never dropped I just want this company to take this off the market – not line my pocket!

9. doug Says:
   March 23rd, 2008 at 10:51 pm

   i took ambien for about a month and i woke up in the middle of the night got in my car drove 5 miles to the next town and crashed head on into someone at 5 in the morning now all of us are not making this up there has to be something done about this i have no recollection of anything and i told the cops that the lines in the street were blurry and the parked cars were jumping out at me now does that sound like someone in his right state of mind this stuff is dangerous and my lawyer says its not a defense in my dui case ,….well if taking prescribed meds to go to sleep with the intention on SLEEPING and waking up wih an airbag in your face is not a defense than how is it that a guy gets off for killing someone and his defense was ambien??? how is that i love this country i swear

10. David Says:
    June 3rd, 2008 at 6:27 pm

    I was also on Ambien, I had been on it for a while and knew I was doing weird stuff in my sleep, but I had no idea it was the Ambien since they were denying there was a problem. I took it one work night, and woke up in a jail cell the next morning. I was pretty sore (I found it it was the airbag that had gotten me). Fortunately I hit a tree and not a person. This drug is going to get people killed and the drug maker does not care as long as they make a profit.

11. Bob Says:
    August 29th, 2008 at 1:36 am

    Dec 19th I had an accident caused by Ambien 12 hours after I took the med. I took it Dec 18 at 11pm and got eight hours sleep. I drove to my appointment at 10am the next morning and driving home at noon I got in my truck to drive home and the next thing I remember in hitting a utility truck. Blood test show the only thing in my system was Ambien, a med. I had taken over 12 hours before. Now I face DUII charges in Oregon and I am fighting it…I go to jury trail Nov. 25. If anyone has info. I too believe it needs to be taken off the market…luckly I hit a utility truck instead of the van with family.

12. BEK Says:
    August 31st, 2008 at 9:23 pm

    My elderly mother began taking Ambien and became dependent on it. After a few months she became increasingly ill, mostly with GI sypmtoms, and she endured 3 trips to the ER and 3 hospital admissions, with still no diagnosis. We all thought she was dying, as she had lost over 20 lbs and was becoming increasingly symptomatic. Finally she decided to stop taking the Ambien and was able to wean herself off of it in about 2 weeks time. But she is left with panic attacks, increased clautrophobia, depression and a significant personality change. I feel like we have no recourse. This drug has ruined her for probably the rest of her life.

13. Chuck Says:
    September 6th, 2008 at 8:26 pm

    A person I know recently died after jumping off a bridge. He had no reason to do it. He had been taking no drugs except Ambien. Why is it so hard to take legal action against the makers? Does anyone know how many deaths have been caused by Ambien?

    If you or someone you know has had a bad experience with Ambien, please email me at actionagainstambien@rocketmail.com.

14. Dia Says:
    September 9th, 2008 at 1:55 pm

    Ambien is more dangerous than any drug I’ve read about (legal or illegal) since no one believes you if you suffered the side effects of it. I took the prescribed dosage of 12.5cr at 10pm on a Monday night. I woke my normal time 6ish in the AM on Tuesday.

    I don’t remember driving to work! Co-workers said I showed up acting ‘weird’. I later would go to several stores, purchase alcohol and drive home. I ended up with damage to my car and my body. My sister took me to the hospital the next morning after I phoned her and ’sounded crazy’. I am thankful to not only be alive, but no jailed and worse of all having killed someone while I was driving!! It sounds unreal but this drug will leave you broke, terrified that some cop is going to show up at your door because you did something you don’t remember or with bumps and bruises. This happened the last week in August 2008. I’ve not taken the drug since and never intend to. I guess it will take a very prominent person to do something stupid before the drug is pulled.

15. Adrienne Says:
    November 28th, 2008 at 12:43 am

    I took ambien on Nov. 6th. I was in pajamas on the bed.

    Later, I drove down a 45 foot ravine, I was found with two large bottles of beer in the front seat! I was charged with a DUI. My license was taken as well. The car was totaled

    I do not remember anything after the ambien effect…..this was told to me by my friend who was told what happenned!

    Dear God, what a nightmare!

    No one has said a word about ambien. Adrienne

16. Brant Says:
    December 11th, 2008 at 2:43 am

    I am sorry, but there is a reason why people are having parasomnia. It ALL is related to the fact that people are taking this drug and STAYING AWAKE. Read the documentation. You take the medication and go to bed. OF COURSE it causes amnesia, of course you are high and going out driving. It is a central nervous system altering drug. Take it as directed.

17. Brant Says:
    December 11th, 2008 at 2:45 am

    Oh AND…Dia…read the documentation. If you can’t get 8 hours sleep don’t take it.

18. mary Says:
    January 21st, 2009 at 10:47 pm

    My father was in a fatal car accident after taking Ambien – Sep -08. He did not drink at all, or drive after 8:00pm at night. He was in the process of writing his second book. The only thing “new” in his life was Ambien to help him sleep – this drug cut his life. He drove into a tree 11:45pm under the influence of Ambien. Thank God nobody else was involved … but we mourn :(

19. mary Says:
    January 21st, 2009 at 10:55 pm

    PS: BRANT … have a F$%@ heart! People take this as directed … that’s not the issue. You must for for the company … but THINK …. do you read everything that’s in fine print ? – Do you trust your Doctor ? Do you trust the FDA?

    Have YOU taken Ambien
    Do YOU know what it is like
    Have YOU lost a loved one

    shallow boy U R

20. john Says:
    January 27th, 2009 at 3:56 pm

    My sister is in jail and charged with a felony because of Ambien. Sometime after taking it she got up and started her car in an attached garage while her children slept upstairs. Luckily, her oldest child awoke to find her before they all died of CO2 poisoning. She has absolutely no memory of doing any of this.

21. dm Says:
    April 9th, 2009 at 3:25 pm

    my dad took ambian to fall asllep, he haited the way it made him feel, but he could sleep through the night. he shot himself inm the head due to the drug. he was depressed he was just about to become a grandfather and now he is just waking up out of his coma. ambian caused my father to go blind and suffer serious brain damage. he has been in icu for almost a month and doesnot remember a thing. he has been evaluated by a psyc and he strongly believes ambian is the cause for his injuries.

22. dm Says:
    April 9th, 2009 at 3:41 pm

    i’m sorry i forgot the not befor the depressed, my dad was NOT depressed

23. Jim Says:
    May 3rd, 2009 at 10:14 pm

    Crashed car in the middle of the night hit a car didn’t remember it,woke up in the morning and did not remember driving the car.#2 hit the next door neighbor car in the m middle of the night while in my boxer shorts .The next door neighbor came the next day to tell me, what i had done that i hit his car , i don’t even remember a thing. #3 And the best one yet , I went to bed woke up in the county jail with bruise on my legs and chest ,I was in county jail for3 days . I make good money and if i was awake i would have called mt attorney to get me bailed out of jail but i did not do anything for 3 days when i came to in jail it was when they were letting me out. I did not know where i was and Check this Out I was in my boxer shorts and tee shirt. I did not remember a Thing Charged whit D U I and and to call my mom to get me a 47yr. old man i ride home .

24. Robert Says:
    September 19th, 2009 at 1:14 am

    I read the posts above and can relate exactly. I got into an arguement with my wife, had a couple drinks and went to bed. Woke up in jail with a police officer holding a bandage to my face. Had only been taking Ambien for two weeks. Spent three days in jail with a broken nose and broken arm from the car wreck which I do not remember. Slept on a cement floor with these injuries, with no idea why I was there! Was dropped off by police downtown after being released with no vehicle or any way to get home. Also, charged with DUI, totaled a classic convertible and went to the hospital for injuries and severe pain because of lack of treatment. THIS DRUG IS BAD…I don’t want money, I WANT THIS DRUG BANNED. My Doc, Pharmacy, State and Attorney ALL stand to make money on my dime. I was NOT warned of any side effects. I could have killed myself and injured or killed others. Something is REALLY wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!

25. Dyanne Says:
    September 25th, 2009 at 10:18 am

    I am a firm beleiver that tis is a dangerous drug, I took it while in bed in my bed. The next thing I knew I was in the county jail, talk about freaked out. i have never had so much as a speeding ticket. Here I am whith a DUI and in JAIL. I have never been arrested . I am 52 and was having a spat with my husband , who had decided to stay at our other home about 80 miles away. Apparently during the night I decided to go see him. I drove around 20 miles and was stopped by the police for erratic driving. (thank god they stopped me) Lord knows what could of happened. I am thankful that no one was hurt. When I was stopped. I had on white short coveralls striped knee socks, and a flowered sweater and un matched shoes. This is not me. I would have never thought that htis could happen to me. I think my sub-concious took over and as a result I ended up with this nightmare. I have absolutley no reccollection of the events from 11 PM to around 4am that is so frightening to me, that I lost 5 hours of my life and could have potentially been killed or worse hurt somone else. Remember I was in bed in my PJ’s when I took it. I am not sure what the legal ramifications are or should be but, I followed the directions on the bottle.

26. jlevz Says:
    November 2nd, 2009 at 9:56 am

    I had been on ambien for about a year. I had some memory loss and ate some food not remembering it but in June of 09 I took it went to bed and was arrested for oui. The next morning dont remember any of it. I have custody of my daughter and live with my g/f. I only took it when my g/f was home never when alone with my daughter due to its power of sedating me. I have lost my license for 6 mos. and thousands to get it back. The FDA needs to do their job and take this off the market and not worry about losing money in their pockets!! Maybe it will take someone in the FDA family to suffer an ambien accident for it to sink in!!

27. arthur Says:
    January 9th, 2010 at 3:50 am

    this drug needs tobe custom taylored regimentwith dose and people w/hypertention and or hdad however slight the afflictioh sould not take this drug at all.my brother whom was takeing for over one year strait with im sure days of double doseing thinking getting tolorat of drug made sleep driveing occure 1/27/09 made it 4 houses down wiped out my niebor car.beat up my brother good wakeing up to being in car and crashing not knowing your driveing.next night controled med to him myslf obseved him take one ambien he got some water came to the couch sat down started sureing words and said it takes 2 hour to work.at that momenti knew he was gone bye bye with never closeing eyes.it was him but not him .wearedstuff thats what i know

28. shaun Says:
    March 6th, 2010 at 5:19 pm

    in july of 2009 i took ambien which i had been on for about 6 months. i was in bed when i took it. i went to sleep and the next thing i know i am being thrown to the ground by police. i was told that i had stollen some rims off a guys car. this happened about 5 miles from my home. i am now on probation for 2 years. luckly no dui. also i am lucky that i didnt end up in the green river. ambien marketers need to be held responsible for the effects of this drug. i dont see how a lawsuit cannot and is not being pursued.

29. Dan Says:
    March 9th, 2010 at 4:16 pm

    I was arrested in September 2008 for DWI after going to sleep and sleep driving with Ambien. I had not been drinking. I was naked in my bathrobe and barefoot. The cop pulled me over because I had a flat tire and continuted to drive. I have no recollection of any of this. Luckily, I had a sensible prosecutor, who actually was aware of such cases, who saw the video tape of me in the bathrobe, and saw my medical records that i was taking Ambien, and dismissed my case. I want to sue the makers of Ambien. This drug should not be on the market. And Yes, i DO want money damagages for myself for all the crap I went through. These drug companies make Billions, i deserve a bit of that money for what I went through. If anyone knows any firm taking these cases, please let me know

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