What should I Know Regarding Pregnancy, Nursing and Administering Night Time to Children or the Elderly?
If you are pregnant
Not Recommended: Not Recommended: Not Recommended: If you are nursing
Precaution: LOW LEVELS EXCRETED WITH LOW RISK FOR ADVERSE EFFECTS IN INFANT Precaution: INSUFFICIENT DATA AVAILABLE; MOLECULAR WT LOW ENOUGH FOR POSSIBLE EXCRETION Precaution: LOW MOLEC WT. POSSIBLE EXCRETION; NOT RECOM; MAY CAUSE PARADOXICAL EXCITATION If you are an adult over 60
management or monitoring precaution: Neuro/Psych-Anticholinergic effects may cause sedation, worsen cognitive impairment and increase fall risk. Non-sedating antihistamine preferred. Gastrointestinal-May cause or worsen pre-existing constipation. Genitourinary-Best avoided in patients with urinary retention from any cause. management or monitoring precaution: Hepatic-Elderly may be more susceptible to hepatotoxicity. Strict adherence to a maximum daily dose is recommended, and the maximum dose recommendation varies between 3000-3800 mg depending on strength used and source of the recommendation. Pediatric use
Severe Precaution: Use weight based dosing in children less than 12 years. Severe Precaution: CNS and respiratory depression, or excitation. Avoid using with underlying asthma. Consult clinician for use in patient age < 6 years. Severe Precaution: Do not use in pediatrics <6 years of age unless clinician consultation. Severe Precaution: CNS excitation and convulsion risk in newborns. Severe Precaution: CNS depression and paradoxical excitation. Avoid use with age <2 years. Selected from data included with permission and copyrighted by First Databank, Inc. This copyrighted material has been downloaded from a licensed data provider and is not for distribution, except as may be authorized by the applicable terms of use.
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