Temazepam

Pronounced te-MAZ-e-pam

Brand names: Restoril

Type: Benzodiazepine (sleep medicine) · All Mental Health Medicines

What Temazepam is used for

  • Insomnia, short-term
  • Short-term treatment of severe sleep disturbance

Common side effects

  • Drowsiness the next day
  • Dizziness
  • Headache
  • Nausea

Important cautions

  • Can be habit-forming and can cause unusual sleep behaviors such as sleep-driving — report any such episodes
  • Combined with opioids or alcohol it can cause fatal slowed breathing

How it comes

Capsules. This guide lists forms only — it never lists strengths or doses.

Please note: This page is a patient-education summary, not medical advice, and it deliberately contains no doses. Medicines affect everyone differently — always follow your own prescription and talk to your doctor or pharmacist before starting, stopping or changing any medicine.