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 [...]

Patient/caregiver was educated on the side-effects of using doral as follows: General constitutional side-effects Doral use can sometimes result in common general constitutional symptoms such as, nausea, vomiting, and stomach upset. These constitutional symptoms can be self-limiting and resolve over time. Taking doral with a small snack can help avoid having unpleasant gastrointestinal symptoms with the medication. General allergic reactions Doral use can result in general allergic reactions, such as, skin rashes, hives, and itching. [...]

Patient/caregiver was educated on how to take doral as follows: Take the medication dose at the same time every day, for the duration prescribed. This can help with maintaining the required therapeutic concentration of medication in the blood and maintain compliance with intake of medication. Doral is usually taken 30 – 45 minutes before bedtime. Have a regular sleep routine can help intake of doral on time. Doral can induce some nausea and vomiting, when [...]

Patient/caregiver was instructed upon therapeutic uses and mechanism of action of doral as follows: Neurotransmitters in the brain and spinal cord are chemical messengers that help the nerve cells to communicate with each other. These chemicals can both be excitatory and inhibitory. Excitatory neurotransmitters help in stimulating the brain and spinal cord nerve cells. These chemicals contribute to promoting the impulses to spread from one cell to the other. Increased promotion of nerve impulses among [...]