Roseanne & her bitter pill

THE MAKERS of Ambien sleeping pills are finding Roseanne Barr’s excuse for her bigoted tweets hard to swallow.

After the reboot of her show was canceled by ABC Tuesday and her only support came from online alt-right figures, the former sitcom star blamed the drug for her posts in which she compared former Obama administration official Valerie Jarrett to an ape.

“It was 2 in the morning and I was Ambien tweeting,” she posted. “It was Memorial Day, too. I went too far and do not want it defended — it was egregious indefensible. I made a mistake I wish I hadn't but … don’t defend it please. Thank you.”

The excuse was mocked online by Sanofi, the manufacturer of the drug.

“People of all races, religions and nationalities work at Sanofi every day to improve the lives of people around the world,” the company spat back on their Twitter feed.

“While all pharmaceutical treatments have side effects, racism is not a known side effect of any Sanofi medication.”

Ambien is the most popular sleeping pill in the country and its side effects do include dizziness, headaches, impaired judgement, abnormal thinking and behavior changes.

“Some of these changes may be characterized by decreased inhibition, similar to effects produced by alcohol,” according to its FDA label.

Blackouts and loss of time are also associated with the drug.

Stories abound of users falling asleep on the drug, only to wake up to realize that they’ve done something strange in their sleep.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has also blamed odd social media behavior on the sleeping pills.

“I’m the only author, so, love or hate it, that’s me,” he tweeted in response to a question on whether he ran his own Twitter account.

“I’ve learned some lessons though, such as tweeting on Ambien isn’t wise.”

And in June 2017 he wrote: “A little red wine, vintage record, some Ambien . . . and magic!”