Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid, aka GHB, or a “date rape drug” is available by prescription and is vastly superior to, and safer than, Ambien and its clones. GHB is a naturally occurring part of meat and beer. It’s non-addictive and causes sleep along with a huge spike in growth hormone. It was maligned by a FDA-led media campaign controlled by sleep drug companies in the 80’s as a “date rape drug.” They never bothered to explain that it takes several teaspoons of it in a glass of water to knock someone out, and it tastes like table salt. Try mixing that into a drink without someone figuring it out. Funny enough, after the FDA broke the law by pulling the low cost supplement form of it off the market as a dangerous street “drug,” it’s now available as a “safe” prescription drug. This is one of the first times a pharma company was able to take a supplement off the market to remarket it as a drug. I don’t use GHB because I don’t need it to sleep, but if I could get it easily, I’d take it just for the beneficial growth hormone effects. I tried it by prescription a few times and slept very deeply, waking up uber-refreshed. GHB is non-addictive. Ask your doctor to try it before you accept Ambien.