Butalbital, acetaminophen, and caffeine and Tiagabine interaction
Butalbital, acetaminophen, and caffeine and Tiagabine: both prescribing labels describe an interaction that usually calls for monitoring, a dose change, or spacing the doses.
Usually manageable with monitoring or a dose change. Tell your pharmacist you take both.
What the FDA labels say
From the Butalbital, acetaminophen, and caffeine (BUTALBITAL, ACETAMINOPHEN AND CAFFEINE) label · effective 2026-05-19
Butalbital, acetaminophen and caffeine may enhance the effects of: other narcotic analgesics, alcohol, general anesthetics, tranquilizers such as chlordiazepoxide, sedative-hypnotics, or other CNS depressants, causing increased CNS depression.
From the Tiagabine (Tiagabine Hydrochloride) label · effective 2021-09-30
In most cases, patients were using concomitant medications (antidepressants, antipsychotics, stimulants, narcotics) that are thought to lower the seizure threshold.
Theophylline : A single 10 mg dose of tiagabine did not affect the pharmacokinetics of theophylline at steady state.
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Open in the checkerNot medical advice. Interaction Checker quotes FDA label text and NIH fact sheets. Whether an interaction matters for you depends on doses, timing, kidney and liver function, and other conditions. Confirm with a pharmacist or prescriber.