The nonbenzodiazepine hypnotic zolpidem produces clinically significant impairments in balance and cognition on awakening after 2 hours of sleep in both younger and older adults, new research suggests.
«The effects on walking stability were very pronounced in older adults, and the effects on cognition were actually even more pronounced in the younger than in the older adults,» Kenneth P. Wright, Jr., PhD, of the Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado (UC) at Boulder, noted in a telephone interview with Medscape Medical News.
Use of these medications «may have greater consequences for health and safety than previously recognized,» with nighttime falls a particular concern, Dr. Wright and colleagues say.
The study was published online January 13 in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
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