Patient/caregiver was educated on the side-effects of using dalmane as follows:
Drowsiness and dizziness
- Dalmane produces intense feeling of drowsiness and dizziness, as a side effect to inducing sleep.
- Individuals can experience intense daytime sleepiness with dalmane use. The daytime sleepiness can progressively increase during the initial phase of dalmane use.
Mood disturbances
- Patients are at risk to experience hallucinations and mood disturbances, such as, exacerbation of anxiety and depressive symptoms, with dalmane use.
Short-term memory loss
- Dalmane carries the risk of inducing temporary short-term memory loss and confusion, when you wake up the following morning, thus compromising safety and leading to falls and accidents.
- Individuals taking dalmane can develop anterograde amnesia, which is a compromised ability to form new memories after the intake of medication.
