Alcohol and Tiagabine interaction
Alcohol and Tiagabine: the Tiagabine 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
Curated guidance for Alcohol
Combining alcohol with sedating medicines (opioids, benzodiazepines, sleep medicines, muscle relaxants) can cause dangerous drowsiness, slowed breathing, and overdose.
From the Tiagabine (Tiagabine Hydrochloride) label · effective 2021-09-30
Ethanol or Triazolam : No significant differences were observed in the pharmacokinetics of triazolam (0.125 mg) and tiagabine (10 mg) when given together as a single dose.
Because of the possible additive effects of drugs that may depress the nervous system, ethanol or triazolam should be used cautiously in combination with tiagabine.
The pharmacokinetics of ethanol were not affected by multiple-dose administration of tiagabine.
Tiagabine has shown no clinically important potentiation of the pharmacodynamic effects of triazolam or alcohol.
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