Silenor (Doxepin HCl)

Alternate Name: Silenor

Dosage Form: Tablet

Administration Route: By mouth

Drug Class: Antianxiety, Antidepressant, Antiulcer, Sleep Aid

Generic Available: Yes

Strength: 6 MG

Warnings: Keep all medicine out of the reach of children. Never share your medicine with anyone. Your doctor will check your progress and the effects of this medicine at regular visits. Keep all appointments. For some children, teenagers, and young adults, this medicine may increase mental or emotional problems. This may lead to thoughts of suicide and violence. Talk with your doctor right away if you have any thoughts or behavior changes that concern you. Tell your doctor if you or anyone in your family has a history of bipolar disorder or suicide attempts. Tell your doctor if you have liver disease, sleep apnea, or a history of mental illness. Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or planning to become pregnant during treatment with this medicine. This medicine may cause symptoms of sedation (including breathing problems, sluggishness, low muscle tone, feeding problems, or withdrawal symptoms) in the baby during the third trimester. Do not breastfeed during treatment with this medicine. Do not stop using this medicine suddenly. Your doctor will need to slowly decrease your dose before you stop it completely. Silenor® tablets may cause you to do things while you are still asleep that you may not remember the next morning, including driving a car, having sex, or eating food. Tell your doctor right away if you learn that this has happened. This medicine may make you drowsy. Do not drive or do anything that could be dangerous until you know how this medicine affects you. This medicine could cause infertility. Talk with your doctor before using this medicine if you plan to have children. Silenor® tablets: Call your doctor if you still have trouble sleeping after you take this medicine for 7 to 10 days.

Food Warnings: Keep all medicine out of the reach of children. Never share your medicine with anyone., Do not use this medicine if you have used an MAO inhibitor within the past 14 days., Do not drink alcohol while you are using this medicine., This medicine may make you drowsy. Do not drive or do anything that could be dangerous until you know how this medicine affects you., This medicine can intensify the effects of other medicine that makes you sleepy, including allergy medicine and narcotic pain medicine., Some foods and medicines can affect how doxepin works. Tell your doctor if you are using any of the following:Cimetidine, tolazamideOther medicines for depression (including citalopram, escitalopram, fluoxetine, paroxetine, sertraline)Medicine for heart rhythm problems (including flecainide, propafenone, quinidine)Phenothiazine medicine (including chlorpromazine, perphenazine, promethazine, prochlorperazine, thioridazine), Your doctor will check your progress and the effects of this medicine at regular visits. Keep all appointments., Silenor® tablets: Call your doctor if you still have trouble sleeping after you take this medicine for 7 to 10 days.