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3 Interactions found for:

meclizine
Interactions Summary
  • 0 Major
  • 1 Moderate
  • 2 Minor
  • meclizine

Drug Interactions

A total of 284 medications are known to interact with meclizine. Add another medication to view potential interactions with this medication.

Drug and Food Interactions

Moderate
Meclizine + Food

The following applies to the ingredients: Meclizine

Ask your doctor before using meclizine together with ethanol. Use alcohol cautiously. Alcohol may increase drowsiness and dizziness while you are taking meclizine. You should be warned not to exceed recommended dosages and to avoid activities requiring mental alertness. If your doctor prescribes these medications together, you may need a dose adjustment to safely take this combination. It is important to tell your doctor about all other medications you use, including vitamins and herbs. Do not stop using any medications without first talking to your doctor.

Drug and Pregnancy Interactions

The following applies to the ingredients: Meclizine

Professional Content

This drug should be used during pregnancy only if clearly needed.

US FDA pregnancy category: B

Animal studies have shown cleft palates at 25 to 50 times the human dose. However, epidemiological studies in pregnant women do not indicate this drug increases the risk of abnormalities when administered during pregnancy.

US FDA pregnancy category B: Animal reproduction studies have failed to demonstrate a risk to the fetus and there are no adequate and well-controlled studies in pregnant women.

References

  1. "Product Information. Antivert (meclizine)." Roerig Division PROD (2001):

Drug and Breastfeeding Interactions

The following applies to the ingredients: Meclizine

Professional Content

Caution is recommended.

Excreted into human milk: Unknown
Excreted into animal milk: Data not available

Comments: Large doses or more prolonged use may cause effects in the nursing infant or decrease the milk supply, particularly in combination with a sympathomimetic such as pseudoephedrine or before lactation is well established.

Antihistamines in relatively high doses given by injection can decrease basal serum prolactin in non-lactating women and in early postpartum women. However, suckling-induced prolactin secretion is not affected by antihistamine pretreatment in postpartum mothers.

References

  1. "Product Information. Antivert (meclizine)." Roerig Division PROD (2001):
  2. United States National Library of Medicine "Toxnet. Toxicology Data Network. http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?LACT" (2013):

Therapeutic Duplication Warnings

No warnings were found for your selected drugs.

Therapeutic duplication warnings are only returned when drugs within the same group exceed the recommended therapeutic duplication maximum.

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Drug Interaction Classification

These classifications are only a guideline. The relevance of a particular drug interaction to a specific individual is difficult to determine. Always consult your healthcare provider before starting or stopping any medication.

Major Highly clinically significant. Avoid combinations; the risk of the interaction outweighs the benefit.
Moderate Moderately clinically significant. Usually avoid combinations; use it only under special circumstances.
Minor Minimally clinically significant. Minimize risk; assess risk and consider an alternative drug, take steps to circumvent the interaction risk and/or institute a monitoring plan.
Unknown No interaction information available.

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