Comments on: Ambien and Driving and Patrick Kennedy http://themediansib.com/2006/05/06/ambien-and-driving-and-patrick-kennedy/ Fri, 25 Sep 2015 00:24:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.3.1 By: To Whom it May Concern » Blue Star Chronicles http://themediansib.com/2006/05/06/ambien-and-driving-and-patrick-kennedy/#comment-278113 Fri, 02 Jul 2010 23:04:09 +0000 http://themediansib.com/2006/05/06/ambien-and-driving-and-patrick-kennedy/#comment-278113 […] guest blogger, The Median Sib, did not do her job while I was away. She failed miserably. The fact that I didn’t have her […]

]]> By: The Median Sib » Blog Archive » Silence Your Rooster (silenceyourrooster.com) http://themediansib.com/2006/05/06/ambien-and-driving-and-patrick-kennedy/#comment-133205 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:34:27 +0000 http://themediansib.com/2006/05/06/ambien-and-driving-and-patrick-kennedy/#comment-133205 […] Your Rooster” is an ad for Ambien CR. I’ve written about my experience with Ambien before. I would personally never take it again. Maybe the […]

]]> By: David http://themediansib.com/2006/05/06/ambien-and-driving-and-patrick-kennedy/#comment-838 Mon, 08 May 2006 20:32:37 +0000 http://themediansib.com/2006/05/06/ambien-and-driving-and-patrick-kennedy/#comment-838 Disclaimer: I cannot think of a Kennedy (of the famous political clan) alive today (well, if one can count the brain-and-morally-dead Teddy as “alive”) that the world would not be better off without. A garden on the moon is the best place I can think of for the whole clan. Well that or a tanning parlor on the sun.

BUT, as Jerry Pournelle’s wife, Roberta, pointed out, Patrick K’s health/behavioral signs may well (likely do) point to a wider array of health issues than just drug problems. She mentioned the striking similarity of some of his issues to celiac disease, for one.

(N.B.–the Pournelles’ genuine conservative credentials exceed those of Ronald reagan, IMO, so she certainly has no axe to grind FOR Kennedy.)

My take? I’ll wait until more information is in before slamming the guy, no matter how wrongheaded or even evil I believe his politics or personal morality may be. Of course, he does, in his public statements, exhibit all the classice signs of a druggie who’s been exposed hiding from his true responsibilities, verbally dodging, weaving and ducking, and alla that. But drugs may not be the whole story at all.

more data, please.

:-)

]]> By: Blue Star Chronicles http://themediansib.com/2006/05/06/ambien-and-driving-and-patrick-kennedy/#comment-832 Mon, 08 May 2006 02:29:41 +0000 http://themediansib.com/2006/05/06/ambien-and-driving-and-patrick-kennedy/#comment-832 To Whom it May Concern…

I have just returned from the Great Southwestern United States.
After 12 hours of driving, flying, shuttling, turning in rented cars, checking out of hotels, sitting crammed in a seat between two other people on a full plane, lugging luggage around, et…

]]> By: Utenzi http://themediansib.com/2006/05/06/ambien-and-driving-and-patrick-kennedy/#comment-829 Mon, 08 May 2006 01:30:34 +0000 http://themediansib.com/2006/05/06/ambien-and-driving-and-patrick-kennedy/#comment-829 I had no idea just how bad the side effects of Ambion could be, Carol. I’ve read some reports in the newspaper–but I guess I just didn’t realize how bad it could affect behavior. I’m glad your parking lot accident was minor. It’s scary to think of what could have happened!

]]> By: debi http://themediansib.com/2006/05/06/ambien-and-driving-and-patrick-kennedy/#comment-823 Sun, 07 May 2006 05:23:31 +0000 http://themediansib.com/2006/05/06/ambien-and-driving-and-patrick-kennedy/#comment-823 Our friend Lana totalled her car while on ambien – and didn’t remember leaving the house. And she wasn’t supposed to be driving. She doesn’t remember the accident, either.

]]> By: carol http://themediansib.com/2006/05/06/ambien-and-driving-and-patrick-kennedy/#comment-822 Sun, 07 May 2006 03:21:47 +0000 http://themediansib.com/2006/05/06/ambien-and-driving-and-patrick-kennedy/#comment-822 Omni, there would sure be a lot of doctors who should be sued then. I’ve talked to many people who have taken prescription sleeping pills (Ambien and others) for a year or more.

]]> By: Tess http://themediansib.com/2006/05/06/ambien-and-driving-and-patrick-kennedy/#comment-821 Sun, 07 May 2006 02:24:24 +0000 http://themediansib.com/2006/05/06/ambien-and-driving-and-patrick-kennedy/#comment-821 I’m not getting into the whole deal because I have no idea, but I just wanted to say I usually just read blogs for kicks. I subscribed to your’s for the intellectual content, and will look forward to reading more.

]]> By: Omni http://themediansib.com/2006/05/06/ambien-and-driving-and-patrick-kennedy/#comment-820 Sun, 07 May 2006 01:16:46 +0000 http://themediansib.com/2006/05/06/ambien-and-driving-and-patrick-kennedy/#comment-820 Ambien is ADDICTIVE; you’re not supposed to take it more than 10 days. With proper use, it’s not supposed to have any of these grim side effects… if it does, then, just like any other med, the doctor is supposed to take you off of it. Any doctor who prescribes for longer than that, or fails to follow up to check for bad side effects of this powerful drug, should be sued.

Omni

]]> By: johnny wadd http://themediansib.com/2006/05/06/ambien-and-driving-and-patrick-kennedy/#comment-819 Sun, 07 May 2006 00:12:59 +0000 http://themediansib.com/2006/05/06/ambien-and-driving-and-patrick-kennedy/#comment-819 Kennedys and car accidents…a family tradition.

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