My father has been taking Equate nite time medication for years to help him sleep. He has been getting forgetful lately and a nurse told me that this medication could cause confusion in the elderly. Is this true?
Does Doxylamine succinate 25 mg cause confusion in the elderly patient?
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- 12 Jun 2010 by vflutter
- Topics:
- sleep disorders, doxylamine, sleep
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suzanne6616 Jun 2010
Confusion is not a reported side effect of Doxylamine.
See: http://www.drugs.com/sfx/doxylamine-side-effects.html
Sounds like more of a symptom of old age...
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