Meaning of Ambien | Babel Free

Definitions

Trade name of zolpidem, a medication most widely known as a treatment for insomnia.

Examples

“The city never sleeps / Better slip you an Ambien”

“But Eckleburg is powerless against her, so I take an Ambien, and then, at 2 AM, the New York City Department of Transportation decides it's the perfect time to rip up the street.”

“Silicon Valley is not going to suddenly take an Ambien and stop innovating.”

“They ingest Ambien, Seroquel, LSD, Adderall, Oxycodone, cocaine, Flexeril, Percocet, psilocybin mushrooms and codeine.”

“This week’s find: a subreddit devoted to all the wonderfully deranged things people have done while under the influence of Ambien sleeping pills, or while experiencing a visit from the Ambien walrus, as redditors are known to call it.”

“Roseanne Barr said she was “Ambien tweeting” when she wrote racist remarks on Twitter […]. But on Wednesday the makers of Ambien, the sleep aid, were having none of it.[…] “While all pharmaceutical treatments have side effects, racism is not a known side effect of any Sanofi medication.””

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