Quazepam (Page 5 of 6)

Medication Guide QUAZEPAM tablets, C-IV

What is the most important information I should know about Quazepam Tablets?

  • Quazepam Tablets is a benzodiazepine medicine. Taking benzodiazepines with opioid medicines, alcohol, or other central nervous system (CNS) depressants (including street drugs) can cause severe drowsiness, breathing problems (respiratory depression), coma and death. Get emergency help right away if the following happens:
    • shallow or slowed breathing
    • breathing stops (which may lead to the heart stopping)
    • excessive sleepiness (sedation)

Do not drive or operate heavy machinery until you know how taking Quazepam Tablets with opioids affects you.

  • Risk of abuse, misuse, and addiction. There is a risk of abuse, misuse, and addiction with benzodiazepines, including Quazepam Tablets which can lead to overdose and serious side effects including coma and death.
    • Serious side effects including coma and death have happened in people who have abused or misused benzodiazepines, including Quazepam Tablets. These serious side effects may include delirium, paranoia, suicidal thoughts or actions, seizures, and difficulty breathing. Call your healthcare provider or go to the nearest hospital emergency room right away if you get any of these serious side effects.
    • You can develop an addiction even if you take Quazepam Tablets as prescribed by your healthcare provider
    • Take Quazepam Tablets exactly as your healthcare provider prescribed.
    • Do not share your Quazepam Tablets with other people.
    • Keep Quazepam Tablets in a safe place and away from children.
  • Physical dependence and withdrawal reactions. Quazepam Tablets can cause physical dependence and withdrawal reactions.
    • Do not suddenly stop taking Quazepam Tablets. Stopping Quazepam Tablets suddenly can cause serious and life-threatening side effects, including unusual movements, responses, or expressions, seizures, sudden and severe mental or nervous system changes, depression, seeing or hearing things that others do not see or hear, an extreme increase in activity or talking, losing touch with reality, and suicidal thoughts or actions. Call your healthcare provider or go to the nearest hospital emergency room right away if you get any of these symptoms.
    • Some people who stop benzodazepines have symptoms that can last for several weeks to more than 12 months, including, anxiety, trouble remembering, learning, or concentrating, depression, problems sleeping, feeling like insects are crawling under your skin, weakness, shaking, muscle twitching, burning or prickling feeling in your hands, arms, legs or feet, and ringing in your ears. 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.
    • Do not take more Quazepam Tablets than prescribed or take Quazepam Tablets for longer than prescribed.
  • After taking Quazepam Tablets, you may get up out of bed while not being fully awake and do an activity that you do not know you are doing. The next morning, you may not remember that you did anything during the night. You have a higher chance for doing these activities if you drink alcohol or take other medicines that make you sleepy with Quazepam Tablets. Reported activities include:
    • driving a car (“sleep-driving”)
    • having sex
    • making and eating food
    • sleep-walking
    • talking on the phone

Call your healthcare provider right away if you find out that you have done any of the above activities after taking Quazepam Tablets.

What is Quazepam Tablets?

  • Quazepam Tablets is a prescription medicine used to treat certain types of insomnia including difficulty falling asleep, waking up often during the night, or waking up early in the morning.
  • Quazepam Tablets is a federal controlled substance (C-IV) because it contains quazepam that can be abused or lead to dependence. Keep Quazepam Tablets in a safe place to prevent misuse and abuse. Selling or giving away Quazepam Tablets may harm others, and is against the law. Tell your healthcare provider if you have ever abused or been dependent on alcohol, prescription medicines or street drugs.
  • It is not known if Quazepam Tablets is safe and effective in children.

Do not take Quazepam Tablets if you:

  • are allergic to quazepam or any of the ingredients in Quazepam Tablets. See the end of this Medication Guide for a complete list of ingredients in Quazepam Tablets.
  • have had an allergic reaction to other sleep medicines or sedatives such as benzodiazepines. Symptoms of a serious allergic reaction can include:
    • swelling of your face, lips, and throat that may cause difficulty breathing or swallowing
    • nausea and vomiting
  • have sleep apnea, breathing or lung problems

Before you take Quazepam Tablets, tell your healthcare provider about all of your medical conditions, including if you:

  • have a history of depression, mental illness or, suicidal thoughts
  • have a history of drug or alcohol abuse or addiction
  • have lung disease or breathing problems
  • are pregnant or plan to become pregnant.
    • Taking Quazepam Tablets late in pregnancy may cause your baby to have symptoms of sedation (breathing problems, sluggishness, low muscle tone), and/or withdrawal symptoms (jitteriness, irritability, restlessness, shaking, excessive crying, feeding problems).
    • Tell your healthcare provider right away if you become pregnant or think you are pregnant during treatment with Quazepam Tablets.
    • There is a pregnancy registry for women who take Quazepam Tablets during pregnancy. The purpose of the registry is to collect information about the health of you and your baby. If you become pregnant during treatment with Quazepam Tablets, talk to your healthcare provider about registering with the National Pregnancy Registry for Psychiatric Medications. You can register by calling 1-866-961-2388 or visiting https://womensmentalhealth.org/pregnancyregistry/.
  • are breastfeeding, or plan to breastfeed. Quazepam Tablets can pass through your breast milk.
    • Breastfeeding during treatment with Quazepam Tablets may cause your baby to have sleepiness, feeding problems, and decreased weight gain.
    • Talk to your healthcare provider about the best way to feed your baby if you take Quazepam Tablets.

Tell your healthcare provider about all of the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.

Taking Quazepam Tablets with certain other medicines can cause side effects or affect how well Quazepam Tablets or the other medicines work.

Do not start or stop other medicines without talking to your healthcare provider.

Do not take Quazepam Tablets with other medicines that can make you sleepy unless your healthcare provider tells you to.

How should I take Quazepam Tablets?

  • See “What is the most important information I should know about Quazepam Tablets?”
  • Take Quazepam Tablets exactly as your healthcare providers tell you to take it.
  • Quazepam Tablets comes in 15 mg tablets. Your healthcare provider may start your Quazepam Tablets dose at 7.5 mg which is half a tablet. Talk to your healthcare provider or pharmacist about your dose schedule.
  • If you take too much Quazepam Tablets or overdose, get emergency treatment right away.

What are the possible side effects of Quazepam Tablets?

Quazepam Tablets may cause serious side effects, including:

  • See “What is the most important information I should know about Quazepam Tablets?”
  • Other conditions. Call your healthcare provider if your insomnia worsens or is not better within 7 to 10 days. This may mean that there is another condition causing your sleep problem.
  • Severe allergic reactions. Symptoms include swelling of the tongue or throat, and trouble breathing. Other symptoms may include nausea and vomiting. Get emergency medical help right away if you have these symptoms after taking Quazepam Tablets.
  • Abnormal thoughts and behavior. Symptoms include more outgoing or aggressive behavior than normal, confusion, agitation, hallucinations, worsening of depression, and suicidal thoughts.
  • Quazepam Tablets can make you sleepy or dizzy and can slow your thinking and motor skills.
    • Do not drive, operate heavy machinery, or do other dangerous activities until you know how Quazepam Tablets affects you.
    • Do not drink alcohol or take other drugs that may make you sleepy or dizzy while taking Quazepam Tablets without first talking to your healthcare provider. When taken with alcohol or drugs that cause sleepiness or dizziness, Quazepam Tablets may make your sleepiness or dizziness much worse
  • Depression. Pre-existing depression may emerge or worsen during use of benzodiazepines including Quazepam Tablets.

Call your healthcare provider right away if you have any of the above side effects while taking Quazepam Tablets. The most common side effects of Quazepam Tablets include:

  • drowsiness
  • headache
  • feeling very tired
  • dizziness
  • dry mouth
  • upset stomach

After you stop taking a sleep medicine, you may have symptoms for the next 1 to 2 days such as:

  • trouble sleeping
  • nausea
  • flushing
  • lightheadedness
  • uncontrolled crying
  • vomiting
  • stomach cramps
  • panic attack
  • nervousness
  • stomach area pain

These are not all the possible side effects of Quazepam Tablets. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.

How should I store Quazepam Tablets?

  • Store at room temperature between 68°F to 77°F (20°C to 25°C).
  • Keep Quazepam Tablets and all medicines out of the reach of children.

General information about the safe and effective use of Quazepam Tablets.

Medicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes other than those listed in a Medication Guide. Do not use Quazepam Tablets for a condition for which it was not prescribed. Do not give Quazepam Tablets to other people, even if they have the same symptoms that you have. It may harm them. You can ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist for information about Quazepam Tablets that is written for healthcare professionals.

What are the ingredients in Quazepam Tablets?

Active Ingredient: quazepam

Inactive Ingredients: cellulose, corn starch, FD&C Yellow No.6, lactose, magnesium stearate, silicon dioxide, and sodium lauryl sulfate

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This Medication Guide has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Revised: 01/2023

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