page_title: Temazepam
section_title: Availability
hierarchical_section_title: Temazepam / Society and culture / Availability
caption_attribution_description: English: Normison
context_page_description: Temazepam, sold under the brand names Restoril among others, is a medication used to treat trouble sleeping. Such use should generally be for less than ten days. It is taken by mouth. Effects generally begin within an hour and last for up to eight hours.
  Common side effects include sleepiness, anxiety, confusion, and dizziness. Serious side effects may include hallucinations, abuse, anaphylaxis, and suicide. Use is generally not recommended together with opioids. If the dose is rapidly decreased withdrawal may occur. Use during pregnancy or breastfeeding is not recommended. Temazepam is an intermediate acting benzodiazepine and hypnotic. It works by affecting GABA within the brain.
  Temazepam was patented in 1962 and came into medical use in 1969. It is available as a generic medication. A month supply in the United Kingdom costs the NHS about £1.40 as of 2019. In the United States, the wholesale cost of this amount is about US$1.76. In 2017, it was the 142nd most commonly prescribed medication in the United States, with more than four million prescriptions.
context_section_description: Temazepam is available in English-speaking countries under the following brand names:
  Euhypnos
  Normison
  Norkotral
  Nortem
  Remestan
  Restoril
  Temaze
  Temtabs
  Tenox
  In Spain, the drug is sold as 'temzpem'. In Hungary the drug is sold as Signopam.
caption: Normison (temazepam) 10 mg tablets
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