Benemid: Uses, Side Effects, Warnings, and Dosing Information

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I started taking this drug because I suddenly could not fall asleep despite being completely exhausted. My physician said start with 5mg and you may take 10 mg if 5 mg does not get you to sleep. 5 mg works to get me to fall asleep but I wake up 3 hours later. WIDE AWAKE. I have found that 10 mg will keep me asleep. I am able to sleep for 8 hours straight. I have not experienced any side effects and awake feeling rested with no 'hangover' feeling. It seems to work fairly well with my body chemistry and have suggested it to friends who have had issues with other sleeping meds.

I would prefer to not take this medication again. I have used Provera and it has worked just fine for me with minimal side effects.

Cold leg,arm, numness feel like fainting, pain in vein or artery and many listed on server side effect list. My Doctor wouldn't agree with me.

My only side effect was increases appetite that's why I stopped taking it gradually. Apart from that it's a great medicine, I liked its calming effect, took at a night time, didn't make me drowsy or tired next day.

My daughter's usual Veramyst was changed to this. Although this is considered a generic to Veramyst, we found side effects that were different than she'd experienced. She experienced trouble falling asleep, but when she did sleep, it was fitful and her dreams were vivid. She'd wake up in a panic and felt beathless (so she'd think she was having asthma & take the rescue inhaler). We noticed that she was taking the rescue way too many times during the week, so we watched her and began to notice that it seemed to be a panic attack instead. We also noticed daytime mood swings, anxiety, out-of-it feeling, angry, argumentive behaviour, and mild depression.(Yes, I know she's a teen, but this was obviously related to what she'd been taking).