Zolon Use In Pregnancy & Lactation

Use during pregnancy: Experience of use of zopiclone during pregnancy in humans is limited although there have been no adverse findings in animals. Use in pregnancy is therefore not recommended. If the product is prescribed to a woman of childbearing potential, the patient should be advised to contact the physician about stopping the product if the patient intends to become pregnant, or suspects that the patient is pregnant.
Moreover, if zopiclone is used during the last three months of pregnancy or during labour, due to the pharmacological action of the product, effects on the neonate, such as hypothermia, hypnotic and respiratory depression can be expected.
Infants born to mothers who took benzodiazepines or benzodiazepine-like agents chronically during the latter stages of pregnancy may have developed physical dependence and may be at some risk of developing withdrawal symptoms in the postnatal period.
Use during lactation: Zopiclone is excreted in breast milk and use in nursing mothers must be avoided.