Stesolid
Stesolid is used to calm you down, reduce anxiety, and prevent or treat seizures, including fever-related seizures in children.
How to Use
Dosage
Adults usually take 10 mg. Elderly or frail patients take 5 mg. For children, the dose varies based on age and weight, typically 5 mg or 10 mg, or 0.5-1 mg per kg for fever-related seizures.
Method
Administer the rectal solution into the rectum.
For acute fever-related seizures in children, do not exceed 20 mg in one dose. For preventing fever-related seizures, do not exceed 10 mg in one dose (given twice daily). For adults, the maximum daily dose should be determined by a doctor.
Possible Side Effects
- •Drowsiness
- •Fatigue
- •Withdrawal symptoms (e.g., anxiety, panic attacks, tremors)
- •Confusion
- •Loss of muscle coordination, tremors, and other movement disorders
- •Very slow or shallow breathing (respiratory depression)
- •Muscle weakness
- •Memory loss, difficulty concentrating
- •Balance problems, dizziness
- •Headache
- •Slurred speech
- •Stomach and bowel problems like nausea, vomiting, constipation, diarrhea
- •Increased saliva, dry mouth, increased mucus
- •Allergic skin reactions (itching, redness, swelling, rash)
- •Stopped breathing (respiratory arrest)
- •Unconsciousness
- •Yellow skin or eyes (jaundice)
- •Strange reactions like being restless, angry, having nightmares, or seeing/hearing things that aren't there
- •Changes in blood cell counts (seen in blood tests), low white blood cells
- •Reduced alertness, depression, emotional flatness
- •Insomnia (sleep problems), speech disorders
- •Heart problems like slow heartbeat, heart failure, and cardiac arrest
- •Low blood pressure, fainting
- •Increased appetite
- •Difficulty urinating, urinary incontinence
- •Male breast enlargement, changes in sexual desire
- •Severe allergic reaction (anaphylaxis) with sudden wheezing, swelling of lips/tongue/throat/body, rash, fainting, or difficulty swallowing
- •Blurred vision, double vision, involuntary eye movements (these disappear after stopping treatment)
- •Breathing pauses
Important Warnings
- Do not use if you are allergic to diazepam or similar medicines.
- Do not use if you have muscle weakness (myasthenia gravis), severe liver disease, severe lung disease, or sleep apnea.
- Tell your doctor if you have a history of alcohol or drug abuse.
- If you are elderly or frail, this medicine can cause confusion and increase the risk of falls.
- Talk to your doctor if you have depression or thoughts of self-harm.
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- Contact your doctor if you feel restless, aggressive, or have nightmares – you may need to stop the medicine.
- Do not stop taking this medicine suddenly, as it can cause withdrawal symptoms.
- Using this medicine with strong pain relievers (opioids) can be life-threatening.
- Avoid alcohol and grapefruit juice during treatment.
- Do not use if you are pregnant, breastfeeding, or planning to become pregnant.
- This medicine can make you drowsy; do not drive or operate machinery if you feel tired.
Use in Elderly Patients
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)