A case of an elderly patient with a Zolpidem-induced sleep-related eating disorder

Abstract

We describe an 82-year-old woman who developed Zolpidem-induced sleep-related eating disorder. She had a complaint that she seemed to be eating all over the place during nighttime sleep for about 6 months. Based on the history of abnormal, unconscious eating during sleep, a diagnosis of sleep-related eating behavior disorder was made. The patient’s complaints went away after the suspected drug, Zolpidem 10 mg/day, was reduced. We should consider that even elderly patients with recurrent eating behavior abnormalities can have drug-induced sleep-related eating behavior disorders.