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Taking Trika From A Long Term. What Are The Side Effects?
sir, i am using trika 0.5 mg daily at night after dinner for past 12 years. i want to know the side effects please. i am getting sleep only for 5 hours with trika 0.5 mg.I am 70 years old. I am also taking the following medicines. 1. Amiodarone- 100 mg once daily for cardiomyopathy . 2. Amlodipine 5 mgonce daily for pressure. 3.Gliclazide + metformin HALF Tab twice daily. 4. Methoxsalen 10mg once daily, Clofazimine 100mg once weekly, Hydroxychloroquine 200 mg one tablets in alternate days for VITILIGO .
Mon, 27 May 2013
Dear patient,
THANKS for the concern. Trika or alprazolam, is a short acting sedative that has many side effects including addiction, withdrawal, excessive sedation, loss of memory, tendency for falls, respiratory depression and in older people a paradoxical reaction of agitation.
You should talk to your provider about safer options for sleep aids.
Truly yours,
Dr Brenes-Salazar MD
Mayo Clinic MN
THANKS for the concern. Trika or alprazolam, is a short acting sedative that has many side effects including addiction, withdrawal, excessive sedation, loss of memory, tendency for falls, respiratory depression and in older people a paradoxical reaction of agitation.
You should talk to your provider about safer options for sleep aids.
Truly yours,
Dr Brenes-Salazar MD
Mayo Clinic MN
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