What strategies do you find helpful to stop zolpidem in patients who have been taking the medicine for months or years?  

Zolpidem has significant withdrawal, and if not careful, the patient will perceive it as a need for zolpidem for sleep. Technically, it is not working after about 6-8 months due to the accommodation of receptors. Please use lemborexant hintly for 1 week, reduce to 2.5 mg zolpidem for 1 month, and th...