Diclectin

Diclectin Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Food Interaction and all others data.

Diclectin
Uses
Dosage
Side Effect
Precautions
Interactions
Uses during Pregnancy
Uses during Breastfeeding
Accute Overdose
Food Interaction
Half Life
Volume of Distribution
Clearance
Interaction With other Medicine
Contradiction
Storage

Trade Name	Diclectin
Generic	doxylamine succinate + pyridoxine HCl
Type
Therapeutic Class
Manufacturer
Available Country	Canada, United States,
Last Updated:	September 19, 2023 at 7:00 am

Uses

Doxylamine is indicated for Hypersensitivity reactions, Insomnia

Dosage

Diclectin dosage

Hypersensitivity reactionn: 25 mg every 4-6 hr. Max: 150 mg daily.Insomnia: 25 mg given 30 minutes before retiring at night.Should be taken with food. Take with food or milk.

Side Effects

Acute dystonic reactions and long-lasting impaired consciousness in child. CNS depression including slight drowsiness to deep sleep, lassitude, dizziness, incoordination. Headache, psychomotor impairment and antimuscarinic effects. Rarely rashes and hypersensitivity reactions, blood disorders, convulsions, sweating, myalgia, extrapyramidal effects, tremor, confusion, tinnitus, hypotension, hair loss.

Precaution

May impair ability to drive and operate machinery. Angle-closure galucoma, urinary retention, prostatic hypertrophy or pyloroduodenal obstruction; epilepsy; hepatic impairment. Elderly. Lactation.

Interaction

Enhance effects of CNS depressants eg alcohol, barbiturates, hypnotics, opioid analgesics, anxiolytic sedatives and antipsychotics. Atropine, TCAs, MAOIs. Can mask signs of ototoxicity caused by aminoglycosides.

Pregnancy & Breastfeeding use

Category A: Controlled studies in women fail to demonstrate a risk to the fetus in the 1st trimester (and there is no evidence of a risk in later trimesters), and the possibility of fetal harm remains remote.