Medical Information
United States
 

In order to provide you with relevant and meaningful content we need to know more about you.

Please choose the category that best describes you.

Existe información en español para pacientes y cuidadores, para acceder, haga clic sobre “Select” al lado de “I am a U.S. Patient / Caregiver”.

This content is intended for U.S. Healthcare Professionals. Would you like to proceed?

If you provide additional keywords, you may be able to browse through our database of Scientific Response Documents.

Our scientific content is evidence-based, scientifically balanced and non-promotional. It undergoes rigorous internal medical review and is updated regularly to reflect new information.

HALCION®, CIV Index Section (triazolam)

FULL PRESCRIBING INFORMATION: CONTENTS*

WARNING: RISKS FROM CONCOMITANT USE WITH OPIOIDS; ABUSE, MISUSE, AND ADDICTION; and DEPENDENCE AND WITHDRAWAL REACTIONS

1 INDICATIONS AND USAGE

2 DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION

2.1 Dosing Information

2.2 Use in Geriatric Patients

2.3 Discontinuation or Dosage Reduction of Halcion

3 DOSAGE FORMS AND STRENGTHS

4 CONTRAINDICATIONS

5 WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS

5.1 Risks From Concomitant Use With Opioids

5.2 Abuse, Misuse, and Addiction

5.3 Dependence and Withdrawal Reactions

5.4 Persistent or Worsening Insomnia

5.5 "Sleep-driving" and Other Complex Behaviors

5.6 Central Nervous System Manifestations

5.7 Effects on Driving and Operating Heavy Machinery

5.8 Triazolam Interaction With Drugs That Inhibit Metabolism via Cytochrome P450 3A

5.9 Patients With Depression

5.10 Neonatal Sedation and Withdrawal Syndrome

5.11 Compromised Respiratory Function

6 ADVERSE REACTIONS

6.1 Clinical Trials Experience

6.2 Postmarketing Experience

7 DRUG INTERACTIONS

7.1 Drugs Having Clinically Important Interactions With Halcion

8 USE IN SPECIFIC POPULATIONS

8.1 Pregnancy

8.2 Lactation

8.4 Pediatric Use

8.5 Geriatric Use

9 DRUG ABUSE AND DEPENDENCE

9.1 Controlled Substance

9.2 Abuse

9.3 Dependence

10 OVERDOSAGE

11 DESCRIPTION

12 CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY

12.1 Mechanism of Action

12.3 Pharmacokinetics

13 NONCLINICAL TOXICOLOGY

13.1 Carcinogenesis, Mutagenesis, Impairment of Fertility

16 HOW SUPPLIED/STORAGE AND HANDLING

17 PATIENT COUNSELING INFORMATION

*
Sections or subsections omitted from the full prescribing information are not listed.
Did you find an answer to your question? Yes No
Didn’t find what you were looking for? Contact us.
Report Adverse Event