Thursday 14 February 2013

Is it safe to use CNS depressants with other medications?


Is it safe to use CNS
depressants with other
medications?

Only under a physician’s
supervision is it safe to use
CNS depressants with other
medications. Typically, they should
not be combined with any other
medication or substance that
causes CNS depression, including
prescription pain medicines,
some OTC cold and allergy
medications, and alcohol. Using
CNS depressants with these other
substances—particularly alcohol—
can affect heart rhythm, slow
respiration, and even lead to death.

only a few health conditions,
including ADHD, narcolepsy, and
occasionally depression—in those
who have not responded to other
treatments.

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