Patient/caregiver was educated on the side-effects of using doral as follows:
Drowsiness and dizziness
- Doral produces intense feeling of drowsiness and dizziness, as a side effect to inducing sleep.
- Individuals can experience intense daytime sleepiness with doral use.
Mood disturbances
- Patients are at risk to experience hallucinations and mood disturbances, such as, exacerbation of anxiety and depressive symptoms, with doral use.
Withdrawal syndrome
- Reducing your dosage gradually over a period is the preferred way to quit doral.
- Sudden withdrawal from doral, after using for prolonged period of time, may lead to rebound of insomnia symptoms.
