Somnol

Somnol – psychotropic drug of sleeping pill and the calming action.

Pharmacological action of Somnol

Active agent of Somnol is зопиклон – the chemical compound relating to tsiklopirrolona, than he essentially differs from other sedative and somnolent drugs relating to a benzodiazepine and barbituratny row. Somnol promotes bystry backfilling, after approach of a dream supports him, without breaking change of phases and improving quality of a dream. Effect of drug comes in half an hour after reception and from 6 to 8 hours proceed that corresponds to the extent of a normal physiological dream. In comparison with barbiturates and benzodiazepines, Somnol causes feeling of drowsiness and weakness much less often after a dream.

There are reviews of Somnola, testimonial that administration of drug promotes elimination of headaches, and at the patients having bronchial asthma, it leads to decrease in frequency of night and morning attacks, positively influencing also their duration and intensity.

Somnol has short biological half-life – from 3,5 to 6 hours, even at prolonged use drug and its metabolites do not kumulirutsya in an organism.

Dosage form and structure

Somnol is issued in the form of biconvex tablets of white color, coated, with risky on the face.

1 tablet contains 7,5mg a zopiklon + excipients: potato starch, anhydrous calcium hydrophosphate, magnesium stearate, silicon dioxide, sodium glycollate, povidone, aerosil, dye.

Tablets are packaged in blisters, in 1 blister of 10 tablets. Packaging contains 1 or 2 blisters.

Somnol's analogs are drugs Imovan and Zopiklon incorporating the same active agent.

Indications to Somnol's use

According to the instruction Somnol is shown at the following states:

• Primary sleep disorders: difficulties with backfilling, frequent night awakenings, insufficient dream (early awakenings), sleeplessness situational and passing, chronic sleeplessness;
• Secondary sleep disorders at various frustration of mentality;
• The bronchial asthma which is characterized by night and early morning attacks as a part of complex therapy (in combination with Theophylline reception).

Application instruction of Somnol

Effect of drug does not depend on meal time, according to the instruction Somnol accept before going to bed, in 30-40 minutes, washing down with clear water. Exceeding of a dosage is categorically not recommended.

Treatment duration this medicine depends on individual indications and has to be controlled by the attending physician. The average course of therapy by Somnol makes:

• At situational sleeplessness – 2-3 weeks;
• At passing sleeplessness – 2-5 days;
• At chronic sleeplessness – of 1 week, but no more than 4;
• In therapy of night attacks of bronchial asthma is established in an individual order.

The initial dosage for the patients suffering from renal, liver, pulmonary failure and patients of advanced age makes 3,75mg (1/2 tablets), further if necessary the dose can be raised to usual (7 mg).

Somnol's instruction prohibits administration of drug more than 4 weeks in a row, the issue of need of continuation of use of medicine for longer term is resolved by the attending physician after passing by the patient of repeated medical examination.

Side effects

Reviews of Somnola both from specialists, and from patients demonstrate that administration of drug can be followed by a number of undesirable effects, namely:

• From a nervous system – drowsiness and feeling of weakness after awakening, a headache, dizziness attacks, an ecmnesia, the suppressed mood. Can be result of use of Somnol emergence of paradoxical reactions, such as an acrimony up to aggression, reduction in the rate of mental reactions (the general block), lacks of coordination, concentration and memories, the confused consciousness, a depression. After the termination of administration of drug there can be ricochet sleeplessness;
• From a digestive tract – displays of dyspepsia of various intensity, emergence of metal or bitter smack, dryness in a mouth;
• From laboratory indicators – increase in hepatic transaminases and an alkaline phosphatase in blood serum;
• From immune system - various allergic reactions, most often a small tortoiseshell, skin itch, are more rare – a Quincke's disease.

Contraindications to Somnol's use

According to the instruction Somnol is contraindicated at the following states:

• Individual hypersensitivity to a zopiklon or other components of drug;
• Syndrome of a night apnoea (sudden breath holding during sleep);
• Myasthenia of average and heavy degree;
• Respiratory insufficiency of heavy degree;
• Heavy renal failure;
• Heavy liver failure;
• Age up to 18 years;
• Pregnancy;
• Breastfeeding.

Special instructions

Attention! Prolonged use of drug causes medicinal dependence, and reviews of Somnola from patients speak about emergence of a withdrawal at the termination of reception of this sleeping pill.

Use of drug in combination with alcohol is inadmissible.

Somnol it is impossible to use for treatment of a depression as he masks symptoms of a disease and can promote weighting of a state.

This means can cause the general block and reduction in the rate of reactions therefore in the course of treatment it is necessary to avoid the activity connected with speed of reaction, including driving and other vehicles.

Somnol can enter undesirable interaction with other medicines, changing the effect rendered by them. Therefore Somnol's appointment in need of reception of other medicines has to happen with the consent of the attending physician.

Rules of storage and Somnol's issue

To store in the dry place, out of access of direct light, at the air temperature which is not exceeding 25 °C. To protect from children!

Somnol is released according to the recipe of the doctor, is not intended for independent use.