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Children appear to be at a high risk for cardiopulmonary arrest. A toxic dose for children of more than 1.8 mg/kg has been reported. A 3-year-old child died 18 hours after ingesting 1,000 mg doxylamine succinate. [5] Rarely, an overdose results in rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury. [36]
A subsequent 1990 study found that the elimination half-life of diphenhydramine was 5.4 hours in children, 9.2 hours in young adults, and 13.5 hours in the elderly. [7] A 1998 study found a half-life of 4.1 ± 0.3 hours in young men, 7.4 ± 3.0 hours in elderly men, 4.4 ± 0.3 hours in young women, and 4.9 ± 0.6 hours in elderly women. [ 85 ]
Doxepin is a medication belonging to the tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) [ 10] class of drugs used to treat major depressive disorder, anxiety disorders, chronic hives, and insomnia. [ 10][ 11] For hives it is a less preferred alternative to antihistamines. [ 10] It has a mild to moderate benefit for sleeping problems. [ 12]
Zolpidem, sold under the brand name Ambien among others, is a medication primarily used for the short-term treatment of sleeping problems. [10] [12] Guidelines recommend that it be used only after cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia and after behavioral changes, such as sleep hygiene, have been tried.
The minimum amount of sleep recommended for adults by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine is ... (1–2 years old): 11–14 hours, including naps. Young children (3–5 years old): 10–13 ...
Cefditoren. Cefditoren, also known as cefditoren pivoxil is an antibiotic used to treat infections caused by Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria that are resistant to other antibiotics. It is mainly used for treatment of community acquired pneumonia. It is taken by mouth and is in the cephalosporin family of antibiotics, which is part of ...
The United Nations Operation in Somalia II ( UNOSOM II) was the second phase of the United Nations intervention in Somalia and took place from March 1993 until March 1995, following the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991. UNOSOM II carried on from the transitory United States -controlled (UN-sanctioned) Unified Task Force (UNITAF), which ...
Older women are also more likely than older men to have multiple medical conditions, disabilities, difficulties with daily activities, autoimmune illness, depression and anxiety, uncontrolled high ...