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Is Intake Of Medicines In The Morning As Advised Against Night Harmful?
85 year old lady that is home after breaking her hip and is having kidney failure was given her meds were given her meds this morning instead of giving them to her tonight by accident the list of meds is as follows clonazepam 1 milligram namenda 10 milligram dicyclomine 20 milligram donepezil HCl 10 milligram omeprazole Dr 40 milligram lovastatin 20 milligram mirtazapine 15 milligram trazodone 50 milligram Will this harm her by giving this medication to her in the morning when she supposed to take it at night? Doses. Are 7:30pm last night and given at 10am this morning
Mon, 25 Jan 2016
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There are different reasons that may be recommended at night. The clonazepam and trazodone can cause drowsiness, so taking it during the day may mean that she would be drowsy during the day.
Statins for high cholesterol work better at night but would not cause any harm if given in the am.
Omeprazole is normally given at night because symptoms tend to be worse at night or early am but also would not cause harm in the morning.
Namenda and donepezil are for alzheimers, there should be no problem and the mirtazapine is an anti depressant, there should be no issue with this either.
The dicyclomine is used to treat bowel complaints, this would not cause an adverse reaction if given in the am.
I hope this helps
There are different reasons that may be recommended at night. The clonazepam and trazodone can cause drowsiness, so taking it during the day may mean that she would be drowsy during the day.
Statins for high cholesterol work better at night but would not cause any harm if given in the am.
Omeprazole is normally given at night because symptoms tend to be worse at night or early am but also would not cause harm in the morning.
Namenda and donepezil are for alzheimers, there should be no problem and the mirtazapine is an anti depressant, there should be no issue with this either.
The dicyclomine is used to treat bowel complaints, this would not cause an adverse reaction if given in the am.
I hope this helps
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