A number of case reports have cropped up recently documenting an absolutely shocking discovery:

Zolpidem, a common sleeping pill, can miraculously awaken some patients from a Persistent Vegetative State or “semi-coma”.

“Across three continents, brain-damaged patients are reporting remarkable improvements after taking a pill that should make them fall asleep but that, instead, appears to be waking up cells in their brains that were thought to have been dead”.The remarkable story of this rather common pill can be found here.

From an article SA Fam Pract 2005;47(3):49-50 “There is increasing evidence for an important role of zolpidem in the treatment of the sequelae of a wide range of brain pathology, based on its reversal of dormant neural tissue after brain damage. A number of brain injured patients may benefit from this treatment”.

From an article published in the journal Neurorehabilitation (2006): Zolpidem appears an effective drug to restore brain function to some patients in the permanent vegetative state.

This is a stunning development in the field of neurology. Chances are most neurologists aren’t familiar with these new developments. If you have family members or friends that have suffered severe brain injury, you may want to bring this to your doctor’s attention.

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