FDA : The FDA is a government agency that regulates the safety and effectiveness of medical devices. `` To help ensure patient safety , health care professionals should prescribe , and patients should take , the lowest dose of a sleep medicine that effectively treats their insomnia , '' said Dr. Ellis Unger , a drug evaluation director at the FDA . It notes studies showing `` severe next-morning psychomotor and memory impairment '' Lunesta is the `` No . 1 prescribed branded sleep aid , '' its website says .
FDA : The FDA is a government agency that regulates the safety and effectiveness of medical devices. It notes studies showing `` severe next-morning psychomotor and memory impairment '' Lunesta is the `` No . 1 prescribed branded sleep aid , '' its website says .