• This medicine may be habit-forming. Make sure that you understand this medicine, what it is used for, how to use it, and when to go back to healthcare provider. Avoid alcohol or other medicines that slow your actions and reactions.
• This medicine is available only through the Xyrem® Patient Success Program.®
• Please read the medication guide.
• Do not give this medicine to a child younger than 16 years of age.
• If you have an allergy to sodium oxybate or any other part of this medicine.
• Tell healthcare provider if you are allergic to any medicine. Make sure to tell about the allergy and how it affected you. This includes telling about rash; hives; itching; shortness of breath; wheezing; cough; swelling of face, lips, tongue, or throat; or any other symptoms involved.
• If you have succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency.
• If you are on a low-salt or salt-free diet.
• If you are breast-feeding.
• Take this medicine on an empty stomach.
• Keep the same amount of time between the last food of the day and the first dose.
• Take two doses each night.
• Take this medicine at a similar time every night.
• Prepare each dose before going to bed.
• Mix liquid with 1/4 cup of water.
• Place in child-resistant dosing cups on bedside table.
• Take first dose at bedtime after getting into bed.
• Separate doses by at least 21/2 to 4 hours.
• Set alarm clock to wake up for second dose.
• Stay in bed after taking doses.
• If you miss the second dose, skip the missed dose and return to your regular schedule.
• Do not take a double dose or extra doses.
• Do not change dose or stop medicine. Talk with healthcare provider.
• Change in condition being treated. Is it better, worse, or about the same?
• Follow up with healthcare provider.
• Store in original container at room temperature.
• Throw away any unused medicine by flushing down toilet or sink.
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• This medicine is used to treat cataplexy (sudden emotional shock with loss of muscle tone) in patients with narcolepsy.
• If you have a life-threatening allergy, wear allergy identification at all times.
• Do not share your medicine with others and do not take anyone else's medicine.
• Keep all medicine out of the reach of children and pets.
• Keep a list of all your medicines (prescription, natural products, supplements, vitamins, over-the-counter) with you. Give this list to healthcare provider (doctor, nurse, nurse practitioner, pharmacist, physician assistant).
• Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or in Canada to Health Canada's Canada Vigilance Program at 1-866-234-2345.
• Talk with healthcare provider before starting any new medicine, including over-the-counter, natural products, or vitamins.
• Read the package insert for more details.
• This medicine may be habit-forming with long-term use.
• If you have drug or alcohol addiction, talk with healthcare provider.
• If you have mental illness or thoughts of suicide, talk with healthcare provider.
• If you have liver disease, talk with healthcare provider.
• If you have lung disease, talk with healthcare provider.
• Check medicines with healthcare provider. This medicine may not mix well with other medicines.
• You may not be alert. Avoid driving, doing other tasks or activities for at least 6 hours after taking.
• Avoid alcohol (includes wine, beer, and liquor) or other medicines and natural products that slow your actions and reactions.
• Tell healthcare provider if you are pregnant or plan on getting pregnant.
• Feeling lightheaded, sleepy, having blurred vision, or a change in thinking clearly. Avoid driving, doing other tasks or activities that require you to be alert or have clear vision until you see how this medicine affects you.
• Feeling dizzy. Rise slowly over several minutes from sitting or lying position. Be careful climbing.
• Headache.
• Nausea or vomiting. Small frequent meals, frequent mouth care, sucking hard, sugar-free candy, or chewing sugar-free gum may help.
• Bedwetting.
• If you suspect an overdose, call your local poison control center or emergency department immediately.
• Signs of a life-threatening reaction. These include wheezing; chest tightness; fever; itching; bad cough; blue skin color; fits; or swelling of face, lips, tongue, or throat.
• Sleepwalking.
• Difficulty breathing.
• Feeling extremely tired or weak.
• Significant change in thinking clearly and logically.
• Signs or symptoms of depression, suicidal thoughts, nervousness, emotional ups and downs, abnormal thinking, anxiety, or lack of interest in life.
• Severe nausea or vomiting.
• Any rash.
• No improvement in condition or feeling worse.
