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Re: Is Ambien a Benzodiazapine?

Posted by SLS on August 14, 2009, at 6:35:57

In reply to Re: Is Ambien a Benzodiazapine?, posted by Stephanie99 on August 14, 2009, at 0:44:05

Classical benzodiazepine hypnotics interact with comparable affinity with all GABA-A receptor subtypes. Ambien (zolpidem) does not have a benzodiazepine molecular structure. However, it does bind to a subtype of benzodiazepine receptor (alpha1-GABA-A). It is this selectivity that allows Ambien to behave as a hypnotic but not an anxiolytic.


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