And in a further dent to his squeaky clean image, party girl Rachel claimed Tiger took a prescription drug to boost his sex life.

According to a US website, she told friends he took Ambien before bedding her.

Ambien is used to treat chronic insomnia - but is also said to enhance sexual experience.

... sources said he may appear on Oprah Winfrey's US chat show with Elin in a bid to repair his image.

So far his main commercial backers are standing by him.

Tiger, who earns £66million a year, is said to have offered Elin a £3million "re-nup" deal to stop her leaving, with a £50million bonus if she stays for seven years.
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Uchitel told friends that she and Tiger liked to have sex while taking the drug Ambien. Uchitel told one pal, ‘You know you have crazier sex on Ambien you get into that Ambien haze. We have crazy Ambien sex,’ ” Radar Online is reporting. (BostonHerald.com)

Ambien is a hypnotic drug; it fulfills its purpose by literally hypnotizing the brain to sleep. Biologically speaking, it binds to the brain's GABA (gamma-amino-butyric-acid) receptors, making the neurotransmitter perform its job more effectively. What is GABA's job? Promoting sleep, of course; GABA prevents the brain cells from firing, which causes you to slumber.

In the breaking New York Times article, "Some Sleeping Pill Users Range Far Beyond Bed," reporter Stephanie Saul tells the story of a registered nurse who took Ambien before going to sleep one night in January 2003. Sometime after falling asleep, she went out into the Denver winter night wearing only a thin nightshirt, even though the temperature was only 20 degrees. She got into her car, caused an accident, urinated in the middle of the intersection and then got into a violent altercation with the police officers who came to arrest her. In the matter of one night and one sleeping pill, her traffic record went from exemplary to tarnished with a reduced charge of careless driving. Interestingly enough, she says she remembers nothing of what happened during that Ambien-influenced night.

Ten state toxicology labs now consider Ambien among the top 10 drugs found in impaired drivers. A toxicologist, Laura Liddicoat, says it is not just any passive driving. "It's driving on entirely the wrong side of the road and almost having head-on collisions.”There's a growing hazard on the roadway, the kind of motorist who smashes into parked cars, plows over sidewalks and drives in the wrong direction, all while oblivious to the destruction left behind.
These drivers aren't drunk or stoned — they're under the influence of Ambien, the nation's most popular prescription sleeping pill. In some state toxicology laboratories, Ambien shows up in the top 10 list of drugs found in impaired drivers. The moral of the story is, be careful with this medication. Peace
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