A 40-year-old member asked:
Can you take halcion (triazolam) and restoril together at the same time?
3 doctor answers • 7 doctors weighed in
Dr. Steven Reidbordanswered
Psychiatry 38 years experience
Not a good idea: Halcion is triazolam, and Restoril is temazepam. Both are benzodiazepine sleeping pills. Their effects are very similar — Restoril lasts longer — and would add together if taken at the same time. It is considered poor medical practice to take multiple medications that do the same thing: the results are less predictable and more drug interactions can result. Both meds are habit-forming too.
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Dr. Alan Alianswered
Psychiatry 34 years experience
Halcion (triazolam): That is a no no. They are both hypnotic medication. Halcion is short-acting and Restoril is long. It would be like taking tylenol (acetaminophen) with aspirin.
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Dr. Heidi Fowleranswered
Psychiatry 27 years experience
Why would you?: Don't recommend taking these two sedative/ hypnotics together due to drug- drug interactions.
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Last updated Jan 30, 2021
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