zolpidem

English

Etymology

Probably from (imida)zol(e) +‎ p(yr)id(ine) +‎ (ac)e(ta)m(ide).

Pronunciation

Noun

zolpidem (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry, pharmacology) A sedative and hypnotic drug administered orally in the form of its tartrate (C19H21N3O)2·C4H6O6 in the short-term treatment of insomnia.
    Synonyms: (marketing name) Ambien, (marketing name) Stilnox
    • 2014 February 28, Joseph Berger, “Fast Acquittal for Kennedy, Whose Name Put Prosecutors in Bind”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 28 August 2022:
      The four-and-one-half-day trial was centered on acts that neither she nor prosecutors dispute: On July 13, 2012, she drove her Lexus S.U.V. erratically after swallowing Zolpidem, a generic form of the sleep medication Ambien.

Derived terms

  • -pidem (hynoptic/sedative)
  • zolpidem tartrate

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