Medipam
Medipam is a medicine that helps calm anxiety, tension, restlessness, and muscle spasms, and can also help with sleep problems.
Form
tabletti
Strength
10 mg
Active Ingredient
Diazepam
Manufacturer
Holsten Pharma GmbH
How to Use
Dosage
Take this medicine exactly as your doctor has told you.
Method
You can take the tablet with liquid, either on an empty stomach or with food.
Important
Do not use for more than 4 weeks, including the period when you gradually stop taking it.
Possible Side Effects
COMMON
- •Confusion
- •Sleepiness during the day
- •Slight problems with muscle coordination
- •Dizziness
- •Headache
- •Memory loss
- •Reduced ability to pay attention
RARE
- •Trouble concentrating
- •Double vision
- •Muscle weakness
- •Depression
- •Changes in sex drive
- •Low blood pressure
- •Constipation
- •Nausea
- •Changes in how much saliva you produce
- •Yellow skin or eyes (jaundice)
- •Skin reactions
- •Difficulty urinating
- •Drug dependence or misuse
- •Speech problems
- •Shaking or tremor
- •Feeling restless, agitated, aggressive, or seeing/hearing things that aren't there (paradoxical reactions)
Important Warnings
- Do not take Medipam if you are allergic to diazepam, other similar medicines (benzodiazepines), or any other ingredients.
- Do not take Medipam if you have a muscle weakness disease called myasthenia gravis, severe breathing problems, sleep apnea (where your breathing stops while you sleep), or if you are dependent on alcohol or other medicines.
- Talk to your doctor before taking Medipam if you have glaucoma (high pressure in your eye), have misused alcohol or drugs, are elderly, have chronic lung disease, or kidney/liver disease.
- Do not drink alcohol while taking Medipam, as it can make the effects of the medicine and alcohol stronger and increase the risk of dependence.
- Do not use Medipam if you are pregnant or breastfeeding. If you become pregnant or plan to get pregnant, contact your doctor immediately.
Use in Elderly Patients
Category D
Avoid use in older adults. Sedative. A long-acting. Increases the risk of drug addiction, cognitive disorder and traffic accidents. Increases risk of falls. Paradoxically, may increase anxiety, restlessness and aggression. Avoid grapefruit. (updated 15.1.2024)