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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Aug 9.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Treat Options Psychiatry. 2018 Apr 17;5:195–210. doi: 10.1007/s40501-018-0145-1
Recommended dosage for older adults Lowest effective dose advised (adult recommended dosages: 10 mg; maximum 20 mg) [25]
Indications Sleep onset [25] or maintenance insomnia [25, 26]
Contraindications Narcolepsy [28]
Main drug interactions CNS-active agents; CYP3A inhibitors; CYP3A inducers; digoxin [29]
Main side effects Occurred in ≥ 5% and at least twice the rate as with placebo: somnolence [29]