Benzal 15MG Doxylamine 10 scored tablets

LIDENE 15MG DOXYLAMINE 10 SHORT TABLETS

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Description of LIDENE 15MG DOXYLAMINE 10 SHAKE TABLETS

LIDENE 15MG DOXYLAMINE 10 SHAKE TABLETS is used to treat insomnia in adults . Contains Doxylamine. This medication is a hypnotic. This sleeping pill contains an antihistamine which has a sedative effect . It also has atropinic properties which explain certain contraindications and certain undesirable effects.

Using advice and opinion on LIDENE 15MG DOXYLAMINE 10 SHAKE TABLETS

The recommended dosage is 7.5 to 15 mg per day (½ to 1 tablet per day). It can be increased to 30 mg per day (i.e. 2 tablets per day) if necessary.

In the elderly, renal or hepatic insufficiency : it is recommended to reduce the dosage

Administration mode

• Oral use.
• A single dose per day in the evening, 15 to 30 minutes before bedtime.

Duration of the treatment

• The duration of treatment is 2 to 5 days.
• If insomnia persists for more than 5 days, treatment should be re-evaluated.

In case of recurrent sleep disorders , we advise you to take in addition the food supplement EuphytoseNuit, which contains melatonin and passionflower. this formula is more suitable for reducing the time to fall asleep .

Insomnia is the reduction in the usual duration of sleep and / or the achievement of quality of sleep with repercussions on the quality of the next day's waking.

During the night the amount of sleep is reduced by difficulty falling asleep, night awakenings, too early awakening in the morning.

Sleep is experienced as light and not restful. The next day is difficult with complaints of fatigue, drowsiness, irritability, and is often accompanied by mood disorders.

There are various explanations for sleep disorders. Environmental causes (noise, heat, etc.), lifestyle errors (activity too intense in the evening, coffee or alcohol abuse), an inadequate imposed rhythm (night or team work), organic illness associated disturbing sleep (asthma, angina, peptic ulcer, gastroesophageal reflux ...) or even taking exciting drugs (theophylline, salbutamol, cortisone, beta blockers ...) are often with origin of the troubles.

Learn more about psychophysiological insomnia

This type of sleep disorder accounts for 15 to 20% of insomnia. It is insomnia that appears without obvious cause. It generally follows insomnia, the cause of which can be identified: after a surgical intervention, the birth of a child, significant psychological stress, shift work ...
There is a negative conditioning to insomnia which results in a paradoxical activation of the awakening systems as soon as the person goes to bed. It results in fear of not sleeping, tension or anxiety at bedtime, spontaneous falling asleep when sleep is not wanted (in front of the TV ...), the impossibility of taking a nap to recover .

Composition of LIDENE 15MG DOXYLAMINE 10 SHAKE TABLETS  

Precaution for use with LIDENE 15MG DOXYLAMINE 10 SHAKE TABLETS

• Known hypersensitivity to antihistamines,
• Personal or family history of acute glaucoma by closing the iridocorneal angle,
• Urethroprostatic disorders at risk of urinary retention,
• Child under 15 years old.

SUBJECT AGE, INSUFFICIENT RENAL OR HEPATIC:

There is an increase in plasma concentrations and a decrease in plasma clearance. It is recommended to decrease the dosage.

Presentation of LIDENE 15MG DOXYLAMINE 10 SHAKE TABLETS  

Box of 10 tablets

Drug warnings

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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)

LIDENE 15 mg: scored tablet; box of 10.
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French Pharmaceutical Cooperation Laboratory

COMPOSITION ^(summary)

	p cp
Doxylamine succinate	15 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 insomnia.

CONTRAINDICATIONS ^(summary)

This medication should not be used in the following cases:

• 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.
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.
This drug exposes you to a risk of falling at night in the elderly person who has a 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.

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.
Rarely, 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 the 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.


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 crisis 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.


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.


sedative

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