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Suggest Treatment For Breathing Issues While On Lunesta

Posted on Wed, 8 Mar 2017

Question: My name is XXXXXXX Our son XXXX(age 40) has been taking the following medications for depression,and sleep disorder: Cymbolta (90mg) 1x daily, trileptal (300mg)2x daily, latuda (40mg) 1x daily, mirtazapine (30mg) 1x daily, lunesta (2mg) 1x daily. He is having many side effects (facial swelling and twitching, memory loss, anxiety, nervousness) throughout most of the day. In addition, he has been having anxiety attacks and difficulty breathing in the evening about one hour after taking the latuda. He is also just starting TMS treatments (one so far). His regular psychiatrist is on a leave for two weeks and does not have any on call Dr. available. His regular physicians office is closed today. My question is : can we stop taking any of these meds today until we can get him to a doctor hopefully tomorrow?

Answered by Dr. Noble Zachariah (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Breathing difficulty is unusual with Lunesta.

Detailed Answer:
Hello XXXXXXX

Welcome and thanks for your query.
Breathing difficulty is not a recognised side effect of Lunesta.
If he is not getting better, it would be good to take him to the ER and have him examined, investigated and treated appropriately.

Best wishes,

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar