What is Solriamfetol?
Solriamfetol can be used to treat excessive sleepiness during the day in adults who have narcolepsy. It is also effective in treating those with sleep disorders.
Solriamfetol does not cure sleep apnea. Continue to use your CPAP or any other devices prescribed by your physician. Solriamfetol can be used in other ways not mentioned in the medication guide.
Side effects of Solriamfetol
If you experience symptoms of allergy such as difficulty breathing, hives or swelling on your lips, face, throat or tongue then they could indicate an allergy is present.
Solriamfetol can cause severe side effects. If you experience:
- Feeling irritable or angry; racing thoughts;
- Sleep problems that persist
- Fast or pounding pulses or heartbeats
- Severe headaches, blurred sight, or a pounding sensation in the neck and ears.
Side effects that may occur with solriamfetol include:
- Trouble sleeping;
- Anxiety;
- Symptoms of nausea and loss of appetite
There may be other side effects. For medical advice on side effects, call your doctor. Report side effects by calling the FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
Warnings
Solriamfetol should not be used if an MAO inhibitor has been taken in the last 14 days. Examples include isocarboxazid (linezolid), methylene green injection (phenelzine), rasagiline, or selegiline.
Before you take this drug
Solriamfetol should only be taken if you are treated for sleep apnea. This condition must first be managed for one month.
Solriamfetol should not be used if an MAO inhibitor has been taken in the last 14 days. This could lead to a dangerous interaction. MAO inhibitors are isocarboxazid (linezolid), phenelzine (phenelzine injection), rasagiline (selegiline), methylene blue injection, and tranylcypromine.
If you've ever:
- Heart problems
- A stroke or heart attack
- High blood pressure
- Diabetes;
- High Cholesterol
- Kidney disease
- Mental illness, psychosis, bipolar disorder,
- Drug addiction, or alcoholism
You may find your name on a registry for pregnant women to monitor the effect of solriamfetol.
Inform your doctor about breastfeeding. You should tell your doctor about any changes in behaviour, such as agitation or sleep disturbances, reduced appetite, and decreased weight gain, that you observe with the baby. Solriamfetol should not be used by those under the age of 18.
How to take Solriamfetol?
Read all the instructions or guides that come with your medication and follow the directions. Sometimes, your doctor will change the dose. You must take the medication exactly as prescribed. Solriamfetol should be taken every morning when you awaken. Take solriamfetol either with food or without.
It may be necessary to spit or swallow the tablet in two. You should follow your doctor's advice. Follow your doctor's advice about how to adjust your dosage. Solriamfetol is not more effective if you take more than the prescribed amount. It can also cause serious side effects. You will have to check your blood pressure and pulse rate often.
Solriamfetol can be addictive. Abuse of the drug can lead to addiction, death, and overdose. Store it in an area where other people cannot reach it. Solriamfetol can't be sold or given away. Solriamfetol should only be taken as prescribed by your physician.
Keep your medicine at room temperature, away from heat and moisture. Track your medication. Be aware of anyone who is misusing your medicine or using it without a prescription. Solriamfetol leftovers should not be kept. Your pharmacist can direct you to a programme for drug disposal. In the absence of a take-back disposal programme, you should follow the instructions provided in your Solriamfetol Medication Guide.
Details on dosage
Adult dose for narcolepsy:
First dose: 75 mg taken orally, once daily upon waking.
Dosage may be increased after three days, depending on effectiveness and tolerance.
Maintenance dose: 75–150 mg once daily orally
Maximum dose: 150 mg/day
Comments:
It has not been demonstrated that doses above 150 mg/day increase effectiveness to the point where they outweigh adverse effects related to dosage.
Avoid taking it nine hours before bedtime. It can interfere with your sleep.
Improve awareness among patients who have excessive sleepiness during the day as a result of narcolepsy.
Usual Adult Dose for Obstructive Sleep Apnea/Hypopnea Syndrome:
Initial dose: Orally take 37.5mg once daily upon awakening.
The dose may be increased by a factor of 2 at intervals between 3 days, depending on the efficacy.
Maintenance dose: orally, 37.5–150 mg once daily.
Maximum dose: 150 mg/day
Comments:
This drug is not effective in treating the airway obstruction that causes obstructive sleeping apnea.
Prior to starting therapy, the patient should be treated for their airway obstruction (e.g., patients should be treated with continuous positive pressure for airway obstruction).
It has not been demonstrated that doses above 150 mg/day increase effectiveness to the point where they outweigh adverse effects related to dosage.
Avoid taking it nine hours before bedtime. It can interfere with your sleep.
Improves the wakefulness of patients who have excessive sleepiness during the day caused by OSA.
What happens if I miss the dose?
You should take the medication as soon as possible, but you must plan on being awake for at least 9 hours.Never take more than one dose at the same time.
What happens if I overdose?
Call 1-800-222-1222 for poison help or seek immediate medical attention.
What should be avoided?
If you have difficulty sleeping, avoid taking solriamfetol less than 9 hours before you go to sleep.
Interaction with other drug
Solriamfetol can be affected by other drugs, such as prescription or over-the-counter medicines, herbal products, vitamins, and Inform your doctor of all the medicines you are currently taking and those that you have started or stopped using.
