Dormitol 7.5mg Tablet

All Details About Dormitol 7.5mg Tablet

Find out detailed description, uses, directions of use, side effects, warnings and precautions, frequently asked questions about Dormitol 7.5mg Tablet

Description:

Dormitol 7.5mg Tablet is used as a sedative or for conscious sedation before diagnostic or therapeutic procedures. It relieves anxiety and muscle tensions, thus making the person comfortable before investigations or minor surgical or dental procedures.

Dormitol 7.5mg Tablet may be taken with or without food. Take it at the same time each day as this helps to maintain a consistent level of medicine in the body. Take this medicine in the exact dose and duration advised by your doctor as it has a high potential of habit-forming. If you have missed a dose, take it as soon as you remember and finish the full course of treatment even if you feel better. It is important that this medication is not stopped suddenly without talking to your doctor as it may cause nausea and anxiety. If you have been taking this medicine for a long time then regular monitoring of blood and liver functions may be required.

Some common side effects of this medicine include memory impairment, tiredness, depression, and confusion. It may cause dizziness and sleepiness so do not drive or do anything that requires mental focus until you know how this medicine affects you. It is important to inform your doctor if you are pregnant, planning to conceive, or breastfeeding before taking this medicine.

Uses:

Alert sedation during diagnostic or therapeutic procedures

Directions For Use:

Take this medicine in the dose and duration as advised by your doctor. Swallow it as a whole. Do not chew, crush or break it. Dormitol 7.5mg Tablet may be taken with or without food.

Side Effects:

Most side effects do not require any medical attention and disappear as your body adjusts to the medicine. Consult your doctor if they persist or if you’re worried about them

Ordinary side effects of Dormitol

Injection site pain
Sleepiness
Apnea (absence of breathing)
Decreased respiratory rate
Vomiting
Nasal discomfort

Warning & Precautions:

Alcohol

CAUTION

Alcohol should be used with caution while taking Dormitol 7.5mg Tablet.

Pregnancy

CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR

Dormitol 7.5mg Tablet is not recommended during pregnancy as there is positive evidence of fetal risk based on animal studies. However, it may still be prescribed by a doctor in situations where the benefits outweigh the risks.

Breast feeding

SAFE IF PRESCRIBED

Available human data suggest that the drug does not pass into breast milk in clinically significant amounts and is unlikely to harm the infant.
Dormitol 7.5mg Tablet should be used for short periods and sleepiness of the baby should be watched. The withdrawal of Dormitol 7.5mg Tablet should be gradual.

Driving

UNSAFE

Dormitol 7.5mg Tablet may decrease alertness, affect your vision, or make you feel sleepy and dizzy. Do not drive if these symptoms occur.
Dormitol 7.5mg Tablet may make the patient sleepy, forgetful or affect their concentration or coordination. This may affect their ability to drive.

Kidney

CAUTION

Dormitol 7.5mg Tablet should be used with caution in patients with kidney disease. Dose adjustment may be needed.

Liver

CAUTION

Dormitol 7.5mg Tablet should be used with caution in patients with liver disease. Dose adjustment may be needed.

FAQs:

Is Dormitol 7.5mg Tablet safe?

Dormitol 7.5mg Tablet is safe if used at prescribed doses for the prescribed duration as advised by your doctor

Is Dormitol 7.5mg Tablet a controlled substance?

Affirmative, Dormitol 7.5mg Tablet is a controlled substance

Is Dormitol 7.5mg Tablet a sedative?

Affirmative, Dormitol 7.5mg Tablet a sedative medication used before and during diagnostic or surgical procedures either in combination with or without local anesthesia

Is Dormitol 7.5mg Tablet an opiate?

No, Dormitol 7.5mg Tablet is not an opiate medication

Is Dormitol 7.5mg Tablet a benzodiazepine?

Affirmative, Dormitol 7.5mg Tablet belongs to benzodiazepine class of sedative medication

Is Dormitol 7.5mg Tablet a schedule 8 drug?

No, Dormitol 7.5mg Tablet belongs to schedule 4. It has low potential for abuse

Is Dormitol 7.5mg Tablet versed?

Versed is a brand (trade) name for Dormitol 7.5mg Tablet

Does Dormitol 7.5mg Tablet have analgesic properties?

No, Dormitol 7.5mg Tablet does not have any analgesic properties. It is used as a central nervous system depressant that slows brain activity, causes relaxation and induces sleep (anesthetic)

Does Dormitol 7.5mg Tablet make you high/knock you out (make you sleep)?

No, Dormitol 7.5mg Tablet does not make you high; it makes you sleepy as it is a central nervous system depressant that slows brain activity, causes relaxation and induces sleep

Does Dormitol 7.5mg Tablet cause retrograde amnesia?

Affirmative, Dormitol 7.5mg Tablet causes retrograde amnesia (short term loss of memory)

Does Dormitol 7.5mg Tablet hasten death?

No, Dormitol 7.5mg Tablet does not hasten death. Although it may be used to induce sleep and relive anxiety in terminally-ill patients not responding to other relevant medications

Does Dormitol 7.5mg Tablet cross the placenta?

Affirmative, Dormitol 7.5mg Tablet crosses the placenta.

Written by:
Dr. T. Sharmila Krishna
M.B.B.S., MD (Biochemistry)

Reviewed by:
Dr. Sureshbabu Yadav
M.B.B.S., DIP.DIAB, F.R.S.H

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