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sysjohn

February 11, 2009 07:10 AM

My fiance accidentally took 2 30 mg Restoril pills when her normal prescription is 30 mg is this okay?

The normal dosage is for 7.5 mg for normal people however on a few forums Ive read that people have taken 4 of those thus achieving the same dose she has accidentally taken. Is this bad, or should she be fine just maybe sleep longer?

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fugue

February 11, 2009 11:15 AM

To clarify, yes - the standard starting dose is 7.5 mg., but that's pretty variable, and she actually took 8 times that dose, not 4.

If you're asking if she's going to die of an overdose, I would highly doubt it. Restoril is a benzodiazepine, and unlike some of the older barbiturate hypnotics, you really have to try to overdose on a benzodiazepine. Restoril also has a fairly short half life and peak time compared to the other benzodiazepines - people eliminate about half their dose in about 3 hours, compared to, say, 24 or more for Valium - so there shouldn't be any serious lingering "hangover" effects.

Still, I wouldn't call accidentally doubling the dose of any medication "OK." Personally, if it was a one-time fluke, I wouldn't be all that concerned...but are you really going to take the advice of a stranger on the internet? I mean, I'm not making this information up, but you don't know that! :-) My advice: call poison control and get an opinion you can trust. The national poison control number is 1-800-222-1222.

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