Patient/caregiver was educated on the precautions to be observed while taking doral as follows: Consider life-style changes such as, avoiding daytime naps, avoiding caffeinated drinks closer to sleep time, and having some regular physical exercise can complement doral intake, promote sleep, and establish sleep pattern. Your physician could change the dose of doral, based on the relief obtained from symptoms of insomnia or side-effects developed. So, maintain compliance with follow-up physician appointments, as scheduled. Be [...]

Patient/caregiver was educated on the precautions to be observed while taking doral as follows: Patients are at risk to experience hallucinations and mood disturbances, such as, exacerbation of anxiety and depressive symptoms, with doral use. Any changes in the mood and behavior following doral intake must be reported to the physician, for any change in plan of care to be considered. Observe a regular sleep time every evening, as sleep is a habit that can [...]

Patient/caregiver was educated on the precautions to be observed while taking doral as follows: Individuals using doral develop tolerance to the dose in due course of time, thus blunting the therapeutic effect. The dose of doral should probably be enhanced at this point, to derive the same therapeutic benefit, thus increasing the risk for addiction. The risk for addiction is even more in individuals with history of substance/drug abuse, as the craving for the desired [...]

Patient/caregiver was educated on the precautions to be observed while taking doral as follows: Intake of doral with opioid pain medications, such as, hydrocodone and codeine, antipsychotic medications, antidepressant medications, anti-seizure medications, muscle relaxants, antihistamines, and OTC cough syrups carry risk for severe depression of respirations and breathing difficulty. Your physician could change the dose of doral, based on the relief obtained from insomnia or side-effects developed. So, maintain compliance with follow-up physician appointments, to [...]

Patient/caregiver was educated on the precautions to be observed while taking doral as follows: Therapeutic effects of doral taken for relief of insomnia can last for about 8 hours. Doral carries the risk of inducing temporary short-term memory loss at the end of these 8 hours. If you have a shorter sleep time in bed for the night, less than the 8 hour duration for which doral acts, you could probably experience the symptoms of [...]