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The Man Behind "You Rang?": The Ordinary Life of Lurch

The Man Behind "You Rang?": The Ordinary Life of Lurch

Sleep drugs promised a clean morning: zolpidem’s half-life of two to three hours, routine dosing, and tens of millions of prescriptions. Yet documented cases show people cooking, driving, having sex and making calls while later recalling none of it-so what was governing those missing hours?

In this episode, we present the history and documented incidents surrounding zolpidem from its European debut in 1988 to widespread U.S. use, the clinical reports of complex sleep behaviors, and high-profile cases that reveal gaps between pharmacology…

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