Donormyl 15mg doxylamine 10 divisible tablets

What is Dornomyl 15 mg used for?

For warnings, precautions for use and contraindications, please consult the package leaflet.

Insomnia is the reduction in the usual duration of sleep and/or the impairment of sleep quality, with repercussions on the quality of the next day's sleep. During the night, the quantity of sleep is reduced by difficulties in falling asleep, nocturnal awakenings and waking up too early in the morning. Sleep is experienced as light and unrestful. The next day is difficult, with complaints of fatigue, drowsiness and irritability, often accompanied by mood disorders.

Description of the non-prescription drug Donormyl 15 mg occasional insomnia

There are various explanations for sleep disorders. Environmental causes (noise, heat, etc.), lifestyle errors (excessive activity in the evening, coffee or alcohol abuse), an inappropriate imposed rhythm (night or shift work), an associated organic disease that disrupts sleep (asthma, angina, peptic ulcer, gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, etc.) or even the use of stimulant medications (theophylline, salbutamol, cortisone, beta-blockers ....) are often the cause of sleep disorders.

Indications for Donormyl 15 mg doxylamine 10 scored tablets

Donormyl tablets is an over-the-counter medication . It contains an antihistamine with a sedative effect. It also has atropinic properties, which explain certain contraindications and side effects. It is used in the treatment of insomnia.

Dosage and administration of Donormyl sleep medication

• Adults: 1/2 to 2 tablets a day, depending on individual sensitivity.
• The duration of treatment is limited to 2 to 5 days without medical advice.
• Donormyl should be taken 15 to 30 minutes before bedtime, as its action is relatively rapid. It takes effect after about half an hour.
• Tablets should be swallowed with a little water.
• To be taken orally.

What is its composition?

Active substance: Doxylamine succinate

Excipients : Lactose monohydrate*, croscarmellose sodium*, microcrystalline cellulose, magnesium stearate, hypromellose, macrogol 6000, colorant dispersion (hypromellose, titanium dioxide (E171), propylene glycol (E1520), purified water).

Active substance	Quantity per tablet
Doxylamine succinate	15 mg

Contraindications and warnings with Donormyl

Breast-feeding; possible during pregnancy, on medical advice.

Angle-closure glaucoma risk of urine retention (prostate adenoma); children under 15 years of age. This medicine Donormyl 15 mgdoxylamine 10 tablets has atropinic effects. It can cause acute glaucoma in predisposed individuals: the eye is red, hard and painful, with blurred vision. Urgent consultation with an ophthalmologist is necessary. This medicine exposes elderly people who are accustomed to getting up at night to the risk of falling at night.

This medicine Donormyl 15 mg doxylamine 10 tablets is a sleeping pill. Driving or operating dangerous machinery within a few hours of taking it is obviously contraindicated. The duration and intensity of the sedative effect vary greatly from one person to another. It is up to each individual to check, after the first few doses, that any persistence of drowsiness on awakening is compatible with the pursuit of usual activities.

Packaging

Tube of 10 scored film-coated tablets. The price of this non-prescription drug is free in French pharmacies, and it is available without a doctor's prescription.

Drug warnings

Caution: a medicine is not a product like any other. Read the package insert for Donormyl 15 mgdoxylamine 10 tablets carefully before ordering. Keep medicines out of the reach of children. If symptoms persist, ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice. Beware of incompatibilities with your current products.

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Find out more about psychophysiological insomnia

This type of sleep disorder accounts for 15-20% of insomnia. It is an insomnia that appears without any obvious cause. It generally follows insomnia with an identifiable cause: after surgery, the birth of a child, major psychological stress, a shift-work schedule...
There is a negative conditioning to insomnia, which translates into a paradoxical activation of the waking systems as soon as the person goes to bed. This results in fear of not sleeping, tension or anxiety at bedtime, spontaneous falling asleep when sleep is not sought (in front of the TV, etc.), and the impossibility of taking a nap to recover.

How to define occasional insomnia

This is "transitory" insomnia, lasting from a few days to a few weeks (less than 3 months). It is linked to stressful events or new situations equivalent to stress. Sleep parameters return to normal once the stressor has been removed or the patient has adapted.

What can Donormyl be replaced with?

It is possible to take specific nutritional supplements to calm down and prepare for restful sleep, as an alternative or replacement for Donormyl. These nutritional supplements generally contain natural active ingredients such as valerian or eschscholtzia, known for their beneficial sleep-inducing properties. Products containing melatonin are also effective for people who have trouble falling asleep quickly.

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Hypnotic

doxylamine

. Presentations . Composition . Indications . Contraindications . Warning . Drug Interactions . Pregnancy and breastfeeding . Directions for use and dosage . Advice . Undesirable effects . Lexicon

PRESENTATIONS ^(summary)

DONORMYL 15 mg: split effervescent tablet (white); box of 10.
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DONORMYL 15 mg: scored tablet (white); box of 10.
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COMPOSITION ^(summary)

	pcp efferv	p cp
Doxylamine succinate	15 mg	15 mg
Sodium	484 mg
Lactose		+

INDICATIONS ^(summary)

This medication is a hypnotic (sleeping pill). It contains an antihistamine that has a sedative effect. It also has atropinic properties which explain certain contraindications and some undesirable effects.
It is used in the treatment of occasional insomnia.

CONTRAINDICATIONS ^(summary)

This medication should not be used in the following cases:

• personal or family history of closed angle glaucoma ,
  
• risk of urinary retention ( prostate adenoma ...),
  
• child under 15 years of age.
  

WARNING ^(Contents)

Some insomnia can translate a masked depression and justify a specific treatment.
Like any hypnotic or sedative treatment, this drug is likely to aggravate the symptoms of sleep apnea.
This drug has atropine effects. It can cause acute glaucoma in susceptible persons: red, hard and painful eyes, with blurred vision. An emergency consultation with an ophthalmologist is necessary.
Dosage reduction may be necessary in patients with renal insufficiency, hepatic impairment and in the elderly; take a medical opinion before using this hypnotic.
Sleeping pills are at risk of falling at night in the elderly person who is in the habit of getting up at night.
Avoid alcoholic beverages: increased risk of drowsiness.
This medication is a sleeping pill. Driving or using a hazardous machine in the hours following its setting is of course contraindicated. The duration of the sedative effect, as well as its intensity, varies greatly from one person to another. It is up to you to check, after the first catches, that the possible persistence of a somnolence on awakening is compatible with the continuation of your usual activities.

DRUG INTERACTIONS ^(summary)

Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking any other medicines that have atropine or sedative effects (tranquillizers, sleeping pills, some cough or pain medications containing opioids , antidepressants , neuroleptics, etc.).

PREGNANCY AND BREAST-FEEDING ^(summary)

Pregnancy :
This medication can be used during pregnancy, after medical advice.
In case of termination of pregnancy, monitoring of the newborn may be necessary.

Breastfeeding:
The available data do not indicate whether this drug passes into breast milk: it is not recommended during breast-feeding.

DIRECTIONS FOR USE AND DOSAGE ^(summary)

This medication should be taken 15 to 30 minutes before going to bed.
The tablets should be swallowed with a little water and the effervescent tablets dissolved in half a glass of water.

Usual dosage:

• Adult: ½ to 2 tablets per day depending on individual sensitivity.
  

The duration of treatment is limited to 2 to 5 days without medical advice.

TIPS ^(summary)

Sleeping pills are not the only answer to sleep disorders. A better hygiene of life, a moderate consumption of stimulants (including alcoholic drinks) also make it possible to fight effectively against the insomnia.

POSSIBLE ADVERSE EFFECTS ^(summary)

Drowsiness during the day.
Atropine effects: disorders of accommodation , constipation, dry mouth.

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GLOSSARY ^(summary)

accommodation
"Focus" of the eye, allowing clear vision close up. Presbyopia is the most common disorder of accommodation; some drugs such as atropine may cause passenger accommodation problems.


adenoma of the prostate
Increase in the volume of the prostate gland located under the bladder of man. This increase in volume is benign, has no relationship to cancer, but can interfere with the passage of urine into the urethra through the gland.
Symptoms that suggest the presence of a prostate adenoma are:

• difficulty urinating (slowness, weakness of the spray);
  
• the need to get up several times at night to urinate;
  
• urges to urinate imperiously and difficult to control.
  

Some drugs, especially atropinics, may have the undesirable effect of aggravating the discomfort and may lead to a total blockage of the bladder evacuation. They are therefore contraindicated or should be used cautiously in men with the symptoms described above.


antecedent
Affection healed or always in evolution. The antecedent may be personal or family. The background is the history of a person's health.


antidepressants
Medication that works against depression. Some antidepressants are also used to combat obsessive-compulsive disorder, generalized anxiety, certain rebellious pain, enuresis, etc.
Depending on their mode of action and adverse effects, antidepressants are divided into different families: imipraminic antidepressants, serotonin reuptake inhibitors, selective or non-selective MAOIs. Finally, other antidepressants do not belong to any of these families, because they possess original properties.
The mode of action of antidepressants has two main aspects: the relief of moral suffering and the fight against inhibition which removes all will to action from the depressed. There may be a time lag between these two effects: moral suffering may persist, while the capacity for action reappears. During this short period, the risk of suicide in some depressed people can be increased. The physician takes it into account in its prescription (possible association with a tranquillizer) and it must imperatively be respected.


antihistamine
Medication that opposes different effects of histamine. Two main types exist: antihistamines type H1 (antiallergic) and antihistamines type H2 (gastric antiulcer). Some antihistamines of type H1 are sedative, others do not alter vigilance.


atropine
Medication with effects similar to those of atropine. Atropinics fight spasms and diarrhea. Adverse effects of atropinic drugs include: thickening of bronchial secretions, dry mouth and mucous membranes, constipation, risk of urine blockage and acute glaucoma in susceptible persons, accommodation disorders, abnormal sensitivity to light by dilation of the pupil. Taking several atropine medicines increases the risk of adverse effects. In the event of overdose or accidental ingestion, the following signs may also appear: red and warm skin, fever, acceleration of breathing, fall or, on the contrary, elevated blood pressure, agitation, hallucinations, poor coordination of movements. Emergency care should be given to your doctor or, if not available, call 15, 112 or an emergency medical service.
In addition to atropine and its derivatives, other drugs have atropine effects: imipraminic antidepressants, some antihistamines, antispasmodics, antiparkinsonian and neuroleptic.


depression
Disease usually associates a feeling of fatigue, uselessness, guilt, inability to perform daily tasks. Loss of appetite and sleep disorders are common. Suicidal impulses are one of the signs of severity of depression.


glaucoma
Disease characterized by increased pressure of the fluids contained in the eye (intraocular hypertension).
This general term covers two totally different affections:

• Open angle glaucoma or chronic glaucoma is the most common; it is generally symptom-free, detected by the measurement of intraocular tension in the ophthalmologist. It does not cause acute seizures, and treatment relies primarily on beta-blocking eye drops. People with open-angle glaucoma should not use cortisone derivatives without prior ophthalmologic advice.
  
• Closed-angle glaucoma or acute glaucoma is more rare. Between seizures, intraocular tension is normal. But the inadvertent use of atropine medicines (especially eye drops) causes an acute crisis of intraocular hypertension which can permanently damage the retina in a few hours. It is an ophthalmological emergency that is recognized by a brutally red eye, horribly painful, hard as a glass ball, and whose vision becomes blurred.
  

The angle in question in these two affections is the irido-corneal angle. It is indeed between the iris and the cornea that is located the system of evacuation of the liquids of the eye. A slightly open (closed) angle exposes a total obstruction of the evacuation system. This obstruction can occur when the iris is opened to the maximum (mydriasis) under the effect of an atropinic drug: the iris then comes to be attached to the cornea.
Contraindications for atropine medicines are limited to those who have already had closed-angle glaucoma or have been detected by an ophthalmologist. Those who suffer from chronic open angle glaucoma are not affected by these contraindications.


hypnotic
Drug causing sleep.
Synonym: sleeping pill.


Hepatic insufficiency
Inability of the liver to perform its function, which is essentially the elimination of some waste, but also the synthesis of many biological substances essential to the body: albumin, cholesterol and coagulation factors (vitamin K, etc.).


renal failure
Inability of the kidneys to eliminate waste or medicinal substances. Advanced renal insufficiency does not necessarily result in a decrease in the amount of urine excreted. Only a blood test and creatinine dosage may reveal this disease.


neuroleptics
Family of medicines used in the treatment of certain nervous disorders or various symptoms: digestive disorders, menopausal disorders, etc.


opiates
A chemical family that includes opium and its derivatives. In addition to drugs such as opium or heroin, the opiate family includes morphine (strong analgesic), codeine (antitussive and analgesic) and many other substances.


dosage
Quantity and distribution of the dose of a drug according to the age, weight and general condition of the patient.


sedative

• Quiets, calms down.
  
• Medication belonging to different families: anxiolytics, hypnotics, analgesics, antitussives, antiepileptics, neuroleptics, etc. but also antidepressants, antihistamines H1, antihypertensives. A sedative can be responsible for drowsiness and increase the effects of alcohol.