Dutch man unable to walk, talk or eat for eight years is cured after taking sleeping pill AMBIEN
A man whose brain injury left him unable to walk or talk for eight years regained full consciousness 20 minutes after taking the sleeping pill Ambien. The 39-year-old from Amsterdam – referred to only as Richard in the medical journal Cortex – was diagnosed with akinetic mutism at age 29. He suffered the rare mental disorder … Read more