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November 2012

On Nov 27, 2012
Ambien Cited as Fall Risk for Inpatients

ASPPS member Tim Morgenthaler, MD, chief patient safety officer at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, is among the authors of a study that found the rate of falls was four times higher among inpatients who took Ambien than among other patients.

Read the abstract in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.

Read a summary article from the Philadelphia Inquirer.

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