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Zolpidem dependence and withdrawal. A case report of generalized seizures
Dependencia y abstinencia de zolpidem. Reporte de un caso de convulsiones generalizadas
Gonzalo Emmanuel Barbosa Eylera,b,
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, Jhoan Vidal Utria Castroc
a Cátedra de Farmacología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
b Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Salud, Universidad Nacional de La Matanza, Buenos Aires, Argentina
c Médico Especialista en Psiquiatría y Magister en Neuropsicofarmacología Clínica, IUH, Barceló
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as it is absorbed and eliminated quickly&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0015"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3</span></a> Gender-related pharmacokinetic differences have been reported&#44; with higher zolpidem plasma concentrations in women&#44; who have slower drug metabolism and clearance&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0020"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a> Higher morning serum concentrations are therefore detected in women after taking it at night&#44; which may mean a greater risk of adverse effects compared to men&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0025"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span></a></p><p id="par0015" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Since its discovery&#44; due to its mechanism of action&#44; it has been described as having a lower risk of dependence or abuse compared to benzodiazepines&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0030"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6</span></a> Although it is clinically effective for treating sleep disorders and is better tolerated than benzodiazepines&#44; 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four boxes at a time&#44; and then proceeded to stop taking them&#46; In the last weeks before he was admitted to hospital&#44; he had been taking up to 30 zolpidem tablets per day&#44; equivalent to 300&#8239;mg&#47;day&#46; Because he had stopped taking the medication&#44; 48&#8239;h later&#44; he suffered an episode of psychomotor agitation&#44; which led to his hospitalisation&#46; During this&#44; he had two episodes of generalised tonic-clonic seizures&#46; A complete physical examination and other tests were performed&#46; The result of the clinical neurological examination was normal&#44; as was his blood count&#46; Brain computed tomography &#40;CT&#41; was normal&#44; with no evidence of acute lesions&#46; As a relevant previous medical history&#44; he had suffered a similar episode two years earlier in the context of withdrawal from megadoses of zolpidem&#44; which did not require hospitalisation&#46;</p><p id="par0035" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">During his stay in hospital&#44; he was medicated with levetiracetam 1&#44;500&#8239;mg&#47;day and lorazepam 1&#8239;mg&#47;8&#8239;h&#44; and had no repeat of the episode&#46; He was then referred to a specialised centre to treat his dependence on and abuse of zolpidem&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0015" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0035">Discussion</span><p id="par0040" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Although zolpidem has classically been considered a safer drug than benzodiazepines&#44; multiple cases of abuse of&#44; dependence on and withdrawal symptoms from this drug have been reported in the literature&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0050"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">10</span></a> At supratherapeutic doses&#44; zolpidem can cause abuse&#44; dependence and&#44; as a serious withdrawal symptom&#44; seizures&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0005"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">1</span></a> The usual recommended dose is 10&#8239;mg daily&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0050"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">10</span></a> Supratherapeutic doses are described as &#62;60&#8239;mg&#47;day&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0055"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">11</span></a></p><p id="par0045" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Pichot et al&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0050"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">10</span></a> reported the case of a patient who started having seizures after abrupt discontinuation of a high dose of zolpidem&#46; Hajak et al&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0060"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">12</span></a> conducted a review of case reports which included 36 cases of zolpidem dependence and 22 of zopiclone dependence&#46; In 2011 Wang et al&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0065"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">13</span></a> reported two cases of zolpidem dependence and seizures after abrupt discontinuation of a high dose &#40;200&#8722;400&#8239;mg per night in one case and 400&#8722;500&#8239;mg per night in the other&#41;&#46; When zolpidem was abruptly discontinued&#44; patients suffered from anxiety&#44; general insomnia&#44; restlessness and tonic seizures&#46;</p><p id="par0050" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Cubala et al&#46; described the case of a 29-year-old woman who suffered generalised seizures after abruptly discontinuing zolpidem&#44; which she was taking in doses of 160&#8239;mg&#47;day&#46; They emphasise that the patient was dependent&#46;</p><p id="par0055" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Seizures have been reported in the context of withdrawal from zolpidem with doses &#8805;100&#8239;mg daily&#46;</p><p id="par0060" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">As mentioned above&#44; zolpidem is currently one of the main drugs prescribed as a hypnotic for the treatment of insomnia&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0040"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">8</span></a> It should be highlighted that its use is not indicated nor recommended for the long-term treatment of a sleep disorder&#44; only being indicated for short periods&#46;</p><p id="par0065" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Generally&#44; medical professionals do not tend to prescribe more than 20&#8239;mg&#47;day&#44; and using megadoses or supratherapeutic doses&#44; which may later generate seizures in the case of withdrawal&#44; is rare&#46; In clinical practice&#44; it is evident that patients are dependent on zolpidem and&#44; although its indications contain a warning not to use the drug for a prolonged period&#44; many patients tend to take it for years&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0020" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0040">Conclusions</span><p id="par0070" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Zolpidem is a commonly prescribed drug not only in Psychiatry but also in various medical specialities&#46; 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