Doksepin ve Selejilin etkileşimi

Co-administration with Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOIs): Do not administer if patient is taking MAOIs or has used MAOIs within the past two weeks.

Co-administration with Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOIs) Serious side effects and even death have been reported following the concomitant use of certain drugs with MAO inhibitors.

Do not administer SILENOR if patient is currently on MAOIs or has used MAOIs within the past two weeks.

The exact length of time may vary depending on the particular MAOI dosage and duration of treatment.

DRUG INTERACTIONS MAO inhibitors: SILENOR should not be administered in patients on MAOIs within the past two weeks.

John’s wort or cyclobenzaprine (a tricyclic muscle relaxant).

• May cause serotonin syndrome when used with antidepressants (5.2)

In the post-marketing period, fatal and non-fatal cases of serotonin syndrome have been reported in patients treated with antidepressants concomitantly with ZELAPAR [see Contraindications (4) and Drug Interactions ( 7.1 , 7.2 , 7.3 )] .

Because the mechanisms responsible for these reactions are not fully understood, avoid the combination of ZELAPAR with any antidepressant.

…allow concomitant use of any selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor (e.g., fluoxetine-Prozac, fluvoxamine-Luvox, paroxetine-Paxil, sertraline, venlafaxine-Effexor, or nefazodone-Serzone) or any non-selective serotonin reuptake inhibiting antidepressant drug (except when taken at a low dose and only at night for the purpose of effective sleep) with ZELAPAR.