Sleep-wake disorders:
Indications for: RESTORIL
Short-term (7–10 days) treatment of insomnia.
Adult Dosage:
Use lowest effective dose. Usual dose: 7.5mg–30mg at bedtime. Elderly or debilitated: initially 7.5mg.
Children Dosage:
Not established.
Boxed Warning:
Risks from concomitant use with opioids. Abuse, misuse, and addiction. Dependence and withdrawal reactions.
RESTORIL Warnings/Precautions:
Increased risk of drug-related mortality from concomitant use with opioids. Risk of CNS depressant effects and next-day impairment. Evaluate for co-morbid diagnoses before initiation. Reevaluate if insomnia fails to remit after 7–10 days of use. Depression. Suicidal tendencies. Abnormal thinking and behavioral changes. Chronic pulmonary insufficiency. Assess patient's risk for abuse, misuse, addiction prior to and during therapy. Avoid abrupt cessation. Withdraw gradually. Drug or alcohol abusers. Write ℞ for smallest practical amount. Renal or hepatic impairment. Elderly (higher risk of falls). Debilitated. Neonatal sedation and withdrawal syndrome; monitor neonates exposed during pregnancy or labor. Pregnancy (esp. late stage). Nursing mothers: monitor infants.
RESTORIL Classification:
Benzodiazepine.
RESTORIL Interactions:
Increased sedation, respiratory depression, coma, and death with concomitant opioids; reserve use in those for whom alternative treatment options are inadequate; if needed, limit dosages/durations to minimum and monitor. Additive CNS depressant effects with alcohol, other CNS depressants.
Adverse Reactions:
Drowsiness, headache, fatigue, nervousness, lethargy, dizziness, nausea, hangover; CNS effects, complex behaviors (eg, sleep-driving), anaphylaxis, angioedema, withdrawal reactions.
Drug Elimination:
Renal (80–90%). Half-life: 3.5–18.4 hours.
Generic Drug Availability:
YES
How Supplied:
Caps 7.5mg—30, 100; 22.5mg—30; 15mg, 30mg—100
