Advice to Patients
- Provide patient with a copy of manufacturer’s patient information.
- Importance of administering immediately before retiring or after attempting to fall asleep.
- Importance of taking only when able to get a full night’s sleep (i.e., ≥8 hours) before being active again.
- Importance of taking only as prescribed (e.g., not with or immediately after a high-fat meal); do not increase dosage or duration of therapy unless otherwise instructed by a clinician.
- Potential for drug to cause somnolence, dizziness, and/or coordination difficulties; importance of exercising caution when operating machinery or performing hazardous tasks.
- Advise of the possibility of adverse effects such as unpleasant taste, headache, and cold-like symptoms.
- Importance of reporting to clinicians any unusual and/or disturbing thoughts or behavior, memory impairment, or dependence/withdrawal symptoms after multiple dosing.
- Advise of possible rebound insomnia for 1 or 2 nights after discontinuance.
- Importance of avoiding alcohol-containing beverages or products.
- Importance of informing clinicians of existing or contemplated concomitant therapy, including prescription and OTC drugs and herbal products, as well as concomitant or past illnesses (e.g., depression, substance abuse).
- Importance of women informing their clinician if they are or plan to become pregnant or plan to breast-feed.
- Importance of informing patients of other important precautionary information. (See Cautions.)
Preparations
Subject to control under the Federal Controlled Substances Act of 1970 as a schedule IV (C-IV) drug.
Eszopiclone
| Routes | Dosage Forms | Strengths | Brand Names | Manufacturer |
|---|
| Oral | Tablets, film-coated | 1 mg | Lunesta® (C-IV) | Sepracor |
| | 2 mg | Lunesta® (C-IV) | Sepracor |
| | 3 mg | Lunesta® (C-IV) | Sepracor |
Comparative Pricing
Pricing information provided by drugstore.com.
| Lunesta 1MG TABS | SEPRACOR PHARMACEUTICALS | 30/$136.69 or 90/$401.72 |
| Lunesta 2MG TABS | SEPRACOR PHARMACEUTICALS | 30/$139.97 or 90/$410.96 |
| Lunesta 3MG TABS | SEPRACOR PHARMACEUTICALS | 30/$139.98 or 90/$410.96 |
AHFS Drug Information. © Copyright, 1959-2007, Selected Revisions September 2007. American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Inc., 7272 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland 20814.
Remember, keep this and all other medicines out of the reach of children,
never share your medicines with others, and use this medication only for the indication prescribed.
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