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

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