Zaleplon Side Effects
With its regular effects, any medicine can cause some unwanted effects. Though most of the medicines may not cause side effects, if side effects occur then it may need medical attention. Only few patients suffer from the minor side effects of any medicines. The number is only 10%-20%.
Zaleplon has some minor side effects. Talk with your physician without delay if any of the following less common side effects occur-
- Anxiety
- Double vision
- Feeling unwell and not feeling like oneself.
Some other rare side effects are -
- Nosebleed
- Hallucination
- Seeing things that are not there
- Hearing something that is not there
Symptoms of overdose –
Overdose of Zaleplon shows some symptoms. Get emergency medical help if the following symptoms of overdose occur -
- Sudden confusion
- Clumsiness
- Unsteadiness
- Dizziness
- Fainting
- Drowsiness
- Fainting
- Feeling very weak
- Trouble hearing
- Trouble breathing
- Weak muscle tone
- Dullness
- Chest pain
- Unusual physical problems
Most of side effects are minor and you may need not to call your doctor or medical attention. You body takes time to adjust with Zaleplon, so most of the side effects may go away during the treatment after your boy adjust the medicine. Also, you can ask advice from your health care professionals. They can tell you about ways to prevent or reduce most of these side effects.
Some more common side effects of Zaleplon are given below-
Some more common side effects
- Faintness
- Headache
- Muscle pain
- Sickness
- Vomiting
Some less common side effects
- Abdominal pain
- Burning, prickling, or tingling sensation
- Fever
- Heartburn, indigestion, or acid stomach
- itching
- Itching or burning eyes
- Joint stiffness and/or pain
- Memory loss
- Shortness of breath
- Skin rash
- Tightness in chest
- Trembling or shaking
- Troubled breathing
- Constipation
- Cough
- Difficulty concentrating
- Drowsiness
- Dryness of mouth
- Excess muscle tone
- Eye pain
- Menstrual pain
- Mental depression
- Nervousness
- Sensitive hearing
- Severe headache
- Unusual weakness or tiredness
- Wheezing
Check with your health care professional if any of the side effects continue and if you have any question regarding to the side effects.
After you stop using Zaleplon it can still produce some more side effects which need attention. Call your doctor at once if you notice the following side effects-
- Abdominal and muscle cramps
- Trembling
- Convulsions (seizures)
- Sweating
- Dullness
- Shaking
- Vomiting