Restoril vs. Klonopin

Are Restoril and Klonopin the Same Thing?

Restoril(temazepam) andKlonopin(clonazepam) arebenzodiazepinesused to treat different disorders.

Restoril is used to treat insomnia symptoms.

Klonopin用于治疗焦虑和seizure disorders.

Side effects of Restoril and Klonopin that are similar include dizziness, drowsiness, memory problems (amnesia), muscle weakness, loss of balance or coordination, headache, blurred vision, depression, ordry mouth.

Side effects of Restoril that are different from Klonopin include nervousness, excitability, irritability, nausea, vomiting, stomach discomfort, increased thirst, or numbness, burning, pain, or, tingly feeling.

Side effects of Klonopin that are different from Restoril include loss of orientation, sleep disturbances, problems with thinking, slurred speech,soregums,流鼻涕, loss of appetite, diarrhea, or constipation.

Both Restoril and Klonopin may interact with alcohol or other medicines that make you sleepy (such as cold orallergymedicine,narcotic巴勒斯坦权力机构in medicine, sleeping pills, muscle relaxers, and medicine for seizures, depression, or anxiety).

Restoril may also interact with itraconazole orketoconazole.

Withdrawal symptomsmay occur if you suddenly stop taking Restoril or Klonopin.

What Are Possible Side Effects of Restoril?

Common side effects of Restoril include:

  • 头晕
  • daytime drowsiness (or during hours when you are not normally sleeping)
  • amnesia or forgetfulness
  • muscle weakness
  • loss of balance or coordination
  • headache
  • blurred vision
  • depression
  • nervousness
  • excitability
  • irritability
  • nausea
  • vomiting
  • stomach discomfort
  • dry mouth
  • increased thirst, or
  • numbness
  • burning
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  • tingly feeling

Tell your doctor if you experience serious side effects of Restoril including weak or shallow breathing, fast or pounding heartbeats, confusion, slurred speech, unusual thoughts or behavior, hallucinations, agitation, aggression, thoughts of suicide or hurting yourself, restless muscle movements (in your eyes, tongue, jaw, or neck), pale skin, easy bruising or bleeding, unusual weakness, fever, chills, body aches, flu symptoms, problems with urination, stomach pain, low fever, loss of appetite, dark urine, clay-colored stools, orjaundice(yellowing of the skin or eyes).

What Are Possible Side Effects of Klonopin?

Common side effects of Klonopin include:

  • drowsiness,
  • 头晕,
  • weakness,
  • unsteadiness,
  • depression,
  • loss of orientation,
  • headache,
  • 睡眠障碍,
  • problems with thinking or memory,
  • slurred speech,
  • dry mouth,
  • sore gums,
  • 流鼻涕,
  • loss of appetite,
  • diarrhea,
  • constipation, and
  • blurred vision.

What Is Restoril?

Restoril (temazepam) is a benzodiazepinesedativehypnotic used to treat insomnia symptoms, such as trouble falling or staying asleep. Restoril is available ingenericform.

What Is Klonopin?

Klonopin是一个处方medicine used alone or with other medicines to treat:

It is not known if Klonopin is safe or effective in treating panic disorder in children younger than 18 years old.

Klonopin is a federal controlled substance (C-IV) because it can be abused or lead to dependence.

Klonopin is a benzodiazepine medicine. Benzodiazepines can cause severe drowsiness, breathing problems (respiratory depression), coma, and death when taken withopioidmedicines. Klonopin can make you sleepy or dizzy and can slow your thinking and motor skills. This may get better over time.

What Drugs Interact With Restoril?

Restoril may interact with fluvoxamine, itraconazole, ketoconazole, nefazodone, or other medicines that make you sleepy (such as cold or allergy medicine, narcotic pain medicine, sleeping pills, muscle relaxers, and medicine for seizures, depression, or anxiety). Tell your doctor all medication you use. Restoril must not be used during pregnancy. Other medications in this class have caused birth defects when used in the first three months of pregnancy, and have also caused unusual drowsiness, feeding problems, and liver problems in newborns when used at or near the time of delivery, or withdrawal symptoms in newborns when used for a long time during pregnancy. Use birth control while taking this drug. This medication passes into breast milk. Consult your doctor before breast-feeding. Withdrawal symptoms (such as unusual depressed/anxious mood, stomach/muscle cramps, vomiting, sweating, shakiness, seizures) may occur if you suddenly stop using this medication.

What Drugs Interact With Klonopin?

Klonopin may interact with cold or allergy medicine, narcotic pain medicine, sleeping pills, muscle relaxers, medicine for depression or anxiety, antibiotics,antifungalmedicines,antidepressants, andbarbiturates.

Klonopin may also interact with propantheline, MAO inhibitors, or medicines to treat psychiatric disorders.

Do not stop using Klonopin without first talking to your doctor, even if you feel fine. You may have increased seizures or unpleasant withdrawal symptoms if you stop using Klonopin suddenly.

How Should Restoril Be Taken?

The recommended dose of Restoril is 40 to 320 mcg twice daily for adults and 40 to 80 mcg twice daily for children. If you are also using a bronchodilator, use it first before using the beclomethasone inhaler. There may be other drugs that can interact with Restoril.

How Should Klonopin Be Taken?

Klonopin topping Klonopin suddenly can cause serious problems. Stopping Klonopin suddenly can cause seizures that will not stop (status epilepticus).

Klonopin can cause abuse and dependence.

Do not stop taking Klonopin all of a sudden. Stopping Klonopin suddenly can cause seizures that do not stop, hearing or seeing things that are not there (hallucinations), shaking, and stomach and muscle cramps.

Talk to your healthcare provider about slowly stopping Klonopin to avoid withdrawal symptoms.

Physical dependence is not the same as drug addiction. Your healthcare provider can tell you more about the differences between physical dependence and drug addiction.

Take Klonopin exactly as your healthcare provider tells you. If you take Klonopin for seizures, your healthcare provider may change the dose until you are taking the right amount of medicine to control your symptoms.

Klonopin is available as a tablet.

Do not stop taking Klonopin without first talking to your healthcare provider. Stopping Klonopin suddenly can cause serious problems.

Klonopin tablets should be taken with water and swallowed whole.

If you take too much Klonopin, call your healthcare provider or local Poison Control Center right away.

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References
SOURCE:

FDA. Restoril Product Information.

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2016/018163s064lbl.pdf

FDA. Klonopin Product Information.

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2013/017533s053,020813s009lbl.pdf

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