Interaksi Diazepam dan Zonisamid

As with other agents that have anticonvulsant activity, when Valium is used as an adjunct in treating convulsive disorders, the possibility of an increase in the frequency and/or severity of grand mal seizures may require an increase in the dosage of standard anticonvulsant medication.

…be given to the pharmacology of the agents employed particularly with compounds that may potentiate or be potentiated by the action of Valium, such as phenothiazines, antipsychotics, anxiolytics/sedatives, hypnotics, anticonvulsants, narcotic analgesics, anesthetics, sedative antihistamines, narcotics, barbiturates, MAO inhibitors and other antidepressants.

Since Valium has a central nervous system depressant effect, patients should be advised against the simultaneous ingestion of alcohol and other CNS- depressant drugs during Valium therapy.

Patients should be advised against the simultaneous ingestion of alcohol and other CNS-depressant drugs during Valium therapy.

Patients should be carefully observed for signs of central nervous system (CNS) depression, such as somnolence and sedation, when ZONISADE is used with other drugs with sedative properties because of potential additive effects.

• ZONISADE should be used with caution if used in combination with alcohol or other CNS depressants ( 7.1 ).

CNS Depressants Concomitant use of ZONISADE with other CNS depressants, including alcohol, may increase the risk of CNS depression, as well as other cognitive and/or neuropsychiatric adverse events [see Warnings and Precautions ( 5.11 )] .