Key Patient Counseling Points:

• May cause drowsiness; avoid driving or other tasks requiring motor coordination.
• Do not crush or break extended release product.
• Oral disintegrating tablet may be divided, but are unstable after breaking. If only 1/2 tablet taken, discard the other half.
• Allow oral disintegrating tablet to dissolve on your tongue.
• Avoid alcohol.

Class:

Benzodiazepine, Short or Intermediate. C-IV

Mechanism of Action:

Enhances the postsynaptic effect of the inhibitory neurotransmitter, γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA).

• Key Patient Counseling Points