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.
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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.