Background: During recent years, zolpidem presents a potential but transient treatment option for a large variety of neurologic conditions. Although most cases had disorders of consciousness or movement disorders, there are few reports of beneficial effects of zolpidem on language function.
Case: We present a case of frontotemporal dementia who developed catatonia during her disease course and her refractory speech problem showed dramatic response to zolpidem.
Conclusions: In dementia patients, different catatonic symptoms may show differential responses to the therapeutic agents and, if verbal symptoms are dominant, it is worthy to try zolpidem in the early stage.