Is Zolpidem a Benzo?
Zolpidem, better recognized as the brand name Ambien, is not a benzodiazepine. Rather, it is a different group of medicine that are commonly known as non-benzodiazepine sedative-hypnotics, or in other words, Z-meds, specifically under the imidazopyridine class. Although both the zolpidem and benzodiazepines known to exert their pharmacological effects on the gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptors […]