Alcohol and Eluxadoline interaction
Alcohol and Eluxadoline: the Eluxadoline prescribing label flag this combination with the strongest language, such as a contraindication, a boxed warning, or an instruction to avoid it.
Do not combine without a prescriber's guidance. The label language below is the strongest FDA uses.
What the FDA labels say
From the Eluxadoline (Viberzi) label · effective 2024-07-16
With alcoholism, alcohol abuse or alcohol addiction, or in patients who drink more than 3 alcoholic beverages per day.
…gallbladder ( 4 ) known or suspected biliary duct obstruction, or sphincter of Oddi disease or dysfunction ( 4 ) alcoholism, alcohol abuse, alcohol addiction, or drink more than 3 alcoholic beverages/day ( 4 ) a history of pancreatitis; structural diseases of the pancreas, including known or suspected pancreatic duct obstruction ( 4 ) patients with a known hypersensitivity…
Instruct patients to avoid chronic or acute excessive alcohol use while taking VIBERZI.
In patients with a gallbladder, evaluate a patient’s alcohol intake prior to starting VIBERZI.
Curated guidance for Alcohol
Combining alcohol with sedating medicines (opioids, benzodiazepines, sleep medicines, muscle relaxants) can cause dangerous drowsiness, slowed breathing, and overdose.
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