Epam 5 mg
Nitrazepam
Category: Tablet
Manufacturer: Opsonin Pharma Limited
Allopathic
MFG. Licence No. Biological
012
MFG. Licence No. Non-Biological
080
Address
Rupatali,
Price: 300.0 ৳
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Epam Tablet is used for:
Insomnia
Adult Dose
Oral
Short-term management of insomnia
Adult: 5 mg at night; increase to 10 mg if necessary.
Elderly: and debilitated patients: ?normal adult dose.
Child Dose
Oral
Infantile spasms
Child: Infants: 125 mcg/kg bid; gradually increase to 250-500 mcg/kg bid.
Side effects of Nitrazepam :
Hypotension, palpitation; agitation, aggressiveness, amnesia, ataxia, confusion, delusions, disorientation, dizziness, fatigue, hallucination, hangover, headache, irritability, nightmares, psychoses, rage, restlessness, sedation; rash; changes in libido; constipation, diarrhoea, excessive salivation, heartburn, nausea, vomiting; granulocytopenia, leukopenia; falling, muscle weakness; blurred or double vision; tinnitus (associated with withdrawal); aspiration, increased bronchial secretion, dyspnoea.
May induce anterograde amnesia; caution patients to have uninterrupted sleep of 7-8 hr after ingestion of dose. May impair ability to drive or operate machinery. Depression, especially if suicidal risk may be present. History of drug abuse or acute alcoholism. Hepatic and renal impairment. Respiratory disease. Debilitated patients. Patients who are at risk of falls. Children, elderly. Pregnancy and lactation.
Nitrazepam is a benzodiazepine with a pronounced sleep-inducing activity. It depresses the reticular-activating system in the brainstem by enhancing the inhibitory effect of GABA on brain cells, thus preventing excessive brain activity.
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