Zolpidem dependency

<p><strong>Background:</strong> Zolpidem dependency is not an uncommon addiction.</p> <p><strong>Objective: </strong> To explain case report of a last-year medical student medicated with zolpidem due to insomnia but during years he increased doses of zolpidem to 900 mg per day and gradually developed addiction.</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> This happening illustrates that zolpidem administration can cause dependency.</p> <p><strong>Discussion: </strong> Our case report makes clear that zolpidem dependence is a recent addiction. Therefore, physicians should be cautious in prescribing zolpidem.</p> <p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> This experience can be a new finding.</p>