pilldic.Your medicine dictionary
Text size
← US medicines
US · Over-the-counter medicine

Sleep Aid

Dosage form
TABLET, FILM COATED
Labeler
Walgreen Company
Label updated
2026-03-16
Retrieved
2026-09-07
Active ingredients
DIPHENHYDRAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE
View original label and images on DailyMed ↗
Active ingredient (in each caplet)

Diphenhydramine HCl 25 mg

Purpose

Nighttime sleep-aid

Uses
  • for relief of occasional sleeplessness
  • reduces time to fall asleep if you have difficulty falling asleep
Warnings

Do not use

  • for children under 12 years of age
  • with any other product containing diphenhydramine, even one used on skin

Ask a doctor before use if you have

  • a breathing problem such as emphysema or chronic bronchitis
  • glaucoma
  • difficulty in urination due to enlargement of the prostate gland

Ask a doctor or pharmacist before use if you are

taking sedatives or tranquilizers.

When using this product

avoid alcoholic beverages.

Stop use and ask a doctor if

sleeplessness persists continuously for more than 2 weeks. Insomnia may be a symptom of a serious underlying medical illness.

If pregnant or breast-feeding,

ask a health professional before use.

Keep out of reach of children.

In case of overdose, get medical help or contact a Poison Control Center right away.

Directions
  • do not take more than directed
  • adults and children 12 years and over: take 2 caplets (50 mg) at bedtime if needed, or as directed by a doctor
  • children under 12 years: do not use
Other information
  • each caplet contains: calcium 65 mg
  • avoid excessive heat (greater than 100°F) or humidity
  • store at 25°C (77°F); excursions permitted between 15°-30°C (59°-86°F)
  • use by expiration date on package
Inactive ingredients

corn starch, D&C red #27 aluminum lake, dibasic calcium phosphate dihydrate, FD&C blue #2 aluminum lake, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, polyethylene glycol, polyvinyl alcohol, silicon dioxide, talc, titanium dioxide

Questions or comments?

1-800-426-9391

Principal display panel

0363-6720-51

Walgreens

Compare to the active ingredient in
VICKS® ZzzQuil® Nighttime sleep-aid††

Sleep Aid
DIPHENHYDRAMINE HCl 25 mg /
NIGHTTIME SLEEP AID

Nighttime

• Non-habit forming

365
CAPLETS

ACTUAL SIZE

NOT FOR TREATING PAIN, COLD OR FLU

TAMPER EVIDENT: DO NOT USE IF IMPRINTED SAFETY SEAL UNDER CAP IS BROKEN OR MISSING

Walgreens Pharmacist Recommended.
Our pharmacists recommend the Walgreens brand.
We invite you to compare to national brands.
††This product is not manufactured or distributed by The Procter &
Gamble Company, owner of the registered trademark Vicks®
ZzzQuil® Nighttime sleep-aid.

50844 ORG041967251

DISTRIBUTED BY:
WALGREEN CO.
200 WILMOT RD.,
DEERFIELD, IL 60015
100% SATISFACTION
GUARANTEED
walgreens.com
©2021 Walgreen Co.

[Image in the official label — see DailyMed source]

DailyMed Set ID: df7a43d1-83a7-4e86-baef-4b9d1ebf0dbb · Version 7
NDC: 0363-6720