What is this pill? Tannish peach color, elliptical, marked 10 MG and 5 dots in a small box?
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It's supposed to be a sleep aid. 10mg /:.: 5 dots in a small box on other side. Only the dots are supposed to be diagonal but i can't get a dot in middle to make it look like an X. The tablet is a peach/beige color and it is quite small.
This pill is Zolpidem Tartrate 10 mg. It's a generic version of Ambien used for the treatment of insomnia.
Description: Zolpidem tartrate 10 mg tablets, USP are peach-yellow colored, capsule shaped tablets with the Torrent Logo debossed on one side and 10 MG debossed on the other side
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- Zolpidem Information for Consumers
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