- Medium acting Benzodiazepine
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Insomnia
- Short-term use only (up to 12 weeks)
- Adult: 1 to 2 mg orally at bedtime
- Elderly: 0.5 to 1 mg orally at bedtime
- Onset: 20 minutes
- Duration: 6-8 hours
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Half-Life: 10-24 hours
- Metabolites are minimally active
- Strong CYP3A4 Inhibitors (e.g. Ketoconazole, Itraconazole)
- Avoid Estazolam with these agents
- (2019) Med Lett Drugs Ther 61(1578): 121-6
- (2020) Presc Lett, Resource #361206, Appropriate Use of Benzodiazepines
- Olson (2020) Clinical Pharmacology, Medmaster Miami, p. 55
- Hamilton (2020) Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia
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