Nitrest 10mg Strip Of 10 Tablets

• Nitrest Tablet is used in,
• Short-term treatment of sleep difficulties (insomnia)

• If you are allergic to zolpidem tartrate or any other ingredient of Nitrest Tablet.
• If you have any breathing difficulties (hypoventilation).
• If you have a breathing problem where you stop breathing for small intervals at night (sleep apnoea).
• If you have any history of mental illness (psychosis).
• If you have any liver disease.
• If you have a condition with extreme muscle weakness (myasthenia gravis).

• Impaired memory (amnesia) and unusual behaviour for a few hours after taking the medicine (sleepwalking, sleep-driving and other sleep-related behaviour)
• Worsening sleep problems
• Hallucinations (seeing or hearing things that are not really there)
• Diarrhoea
• Nausea/Vomiting
• Headache
• Fatigue
• Bad dreams
• Feeling woozy
• Excessive sleepiness

Other General Warnings

• You are an alcoholic or have a history of substance abuse.
• You have lung disease or other breathing problems.
• You have a history of liver disease.
• You have a history of mental illness or depression.
• You have undergone treatment with either Nitrest or some other similar medication for greater than 4 weeks recently.
• You conceive during the course of medication or are planning a pregnancy.

• Nitrest Tablet should be taken exactly as directed by the physician.
• It should be taken once just before bedtime and should not be repeated the same night.
• Nitrest Tablet should be taken by mouth.
• Swallow the tablet whole with water.
• Allow for at least an 8-hour gap after taking Nitrest Tablet and before undertaking any activity requiring your full attention.

Overdose

Missed a Dose

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Interactions with other medicines

• Nitrest Tablets may show adverse effects if taken with the following medicines:
• Antipsychotics used to manage mental illness.
• Other medications used for relief of anxiety or treatment of sleep problems (hypnotics).
• Concomitant use with antidepressants such as bupropion, desipramine, fluoxetine, sertraline and venlafaxine may cause hallucinations (seeing or hearing things that are not actually there).
• Antifungal medications such as ketoconazole.
• Anticonvulsants used in the treatment of seizures (epilepsy).
• Antiallergic medications used in the treatment of allergies, rashes, or hay fever that may cause sleepiness (chlorphenamine or promethazine).
• Anaesthetics used to induce sleep during surgery.
• Narcotic pain medications used to alleviate moderate to severe pain.
• Concomitant use of Nitrest with medications such as fluvoxamine, ciprofloxacin or St. John’s Wort (herbal medicine) used to manage depression and mood swings is not recommended.
• Concomitant use of Nitrest with opioid medications, including those used for pain relief and cough, maybe potentially fatal due to the increased risk of breathing difficulty, excessive sleepiness, or coma.

Interactions with food items

• No known dietary restrictions.