1 any change in tone or pitch of the voice; modulation: to signal a question by a rising inflection. 2  a change of a curve or arc from convex to concave or the reverse. 3  Gram.
Ambien is the brand name for zolpidem, a drug that's used to treat insomnia. Insomnia is a sleep disorder that makes it difficult for you to go to sleep, stay asleep, or both. Ambien is in a class of drugs called sedative-hypnotics. They work by slowing the activity in your brain, which allows for a state of sleep. Sanofi-Aventis makes Ambien, which was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1992. Several companies make generic zolpidem, which became available in 2007.
I had trouble with a particular generic of trazodone recently. Until that time trazodone was working great for me. Now my doc wants to take me off trazodone entirely and start me on ambien.As I read up on ambien, I'm becoming concerned that this is not a good idea. It seems to me that the ambien works as a sleep initiator (which I don't need) and not a sleep maintainer (which I do need). took Ambien and trazodone together, with no noticeable side effects and pretty consistent sleep (around 7 hours, plus another hour or so of shallow sleep) for almost a year.