SLEEPING STARS tablets

Sleep fulfills many important functions for humans: it serves to relax, to recharge your batteries and to strengthen the immune system. If problems falling asleep or sleeping through the night last for a long time, the quality of life suffers. We react nervously, irritated and stressed, suffer from poor concentration and performance or have difficulty finding words.

Sleeping Stars ^® 30 mg tablets for sleep disorders

The over-the-counter antihistamine (sedative) Schlafsterne ^® 30 mg tablets has drowsy properties and is used for acute problems falling asleep and sleeping through the night that require medication.

What ingredients are in Schlafsterne ^® 30 mg tablets included?

One sleeping pill contains 30 mg as an active ingredient doxylamine succinate . Other components of the sleeping pill are:

• Lactose Monohydrate
• cornstarch
• talc
• cellulose powder
• Magnesium Stearate (Ph. Eur.)
• colloidal silica
• copovidone

Who is the sleeping pill intended for?

The sleeping stars ^® tablets are for adults thought of with insomnia. Children and young people should not be treated with it.

When should the sedative not be used?

Sleeping stars must not be administered to:

• children and young people
• a known hypersensitivity to doxylamine or other antihistamines
• simultaneous treatment with Monoamine oxidase inhibitors
• Acute poisoning from alcohol, sleeping pills or painkillers as well as psychotropic drugs
• Enlargement of the prostate gland with residual urine
• acute asthma attack
• an adrenal tumor
• glaucoma
• epilepsy

Under what conditions is special caution required?

Particular attention should be paid to people with neurologically detectable brain damage in the cerebral cortex with concomitant seizures. Even small doses can trigger seizures. You should also be careful with:

• an impaired liver function
• Previous damage to the heart
• high blood pressure
• chronic breathing problems and asthma
• reflux diseases

In these cases, please talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking the sleeping pills.

At Lactose intolerance should also be consulted with the doctor, as the drug contains lactose.

The tablets Schlafsterne ^® 30 mg should be used during the pregnancy should only be taken on the express instructions of the doctor. Since the active ingredient passes into breast milk, it should breastfeeding be interrupted during the treatment period.

How to take the sleeping pill

Unless the doctor has prescribed otherwise, adults take one to two tablets daily before going to bed. The Sleeping Stars ^® are taken whole with a glass of water half an hour before bedtime.

In the case of acute sleep disorders, therapy is limited to single doses. In the case of chronic sleep disorders, the dose should be gradually reduced or discontinued after 2 weeks of daily use and the doctor should be consulted.

What do you have to consider when taking sleeping stars together with other medicines?

Concomitant use with other medicines can have different effects:

• mutual reinforcement of the effect
• decreased effect of a drug
• severe complaints
• falsified test results

Therefore, it is of the utmost importance to tell your doctor or pharmacist what other prescription or over-the-counter medications you are taking or have recently used. For more information, please refer to the package leaflet.

What are the side effects of the drug?

The following side effects may occur:

• drowsiness
• dizziness
• increased response time
• difficulty concentrating
• Headache
• depressions
• muscle weakness
• tinnitus

Paradoxical reactions can also occur. They include:

• restlessness
• excitement
• Tension
• insomnia
• nightmares
• confusion
• hallucinations
• Tremble

Please refer to the leaflet for other side effects.

Can you still drive while taking the sleeping pills?

The ability to drive and use machines is impaired by the use of sleeping pills. The effect is enhanced by the additional consumption of alcohol. Since you can no longer react quickly and specifically enough to unexpected and sudden events, follow the instructions below:

• Do not drive a car or other vehicles!
• Do not operate any electrical tools or machinery!
• Do not work without a safe grip!

How should sleeping stars ^® 30 mg tablets are stored?

• Do not store the sleeping pills above 30 degrees Celsius.
• Keep the medicine out of the reach of children.
• Do not use after the expiration date.