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If you have any doubt about the safety of a particular combination
of medicines, be sure to check with your doctor. Some Drugs
or medical conditions may interact with this medicine. Inform
your Doctor or Pharmacist of all prescription and over-the-counter
medicine that you are taking.
If Meridia gives you an allergic reaction, you won't be able
to use it. You should also avoid Meridia if you suffer from
the compulsive dieting disorder known as anorexia nervosa.
Do not combine Meridia with other drugs used to suppress appetite
and do not use it within 2 weeks of taking a drug classified
as an MAO inhibitor, including the antidepressant medications
Marplan, Nardil, and Parnate.
The combination could lead to serious, even fatal, over-stimulation.
Meridia may also interact with a wide variety of other prescription
and over-the-counter drugs, especially weight-reducing agents,
decongestants, antidepressants, allergy medications, and cough
suppressants that contain ephedrine, phenylpropanolamine,
orpseudoephedrine. Among the many drugs that pose a potential
problem are the following:
- Alcohol (excessive amounts)
- Dextromethorphan (found in many over-the-counter cough
preparations)
- Dihydroergotamine (D.H.E. Injection, Migranal Nasal Spray)
Erythromycin (Eryc, Ery-Tab, PCE)
- Fentanyl (Duragesic) Fluoxetine (Prozac) Fluvoxamine (Luvox)
- Ketoconazole (Nizoral) Lithium (Lithobid, Lithonate)
- Meperidine (Demerol)
- Naratriptan (Amerge)
- Paroxetine (Paxil) Pentazocine (Talwin NX, Talacen)
- Sertraline (Zoloft)
- Stimulants such as amphetamines, Dexedrine, Desoxyn, Adderall,
Didrex, and Ionamin
- Sumatriptan (Imitrex) Tryptophan (L-Tryptophan, Trofan)
- Venlafaxine (Effexor) Zolmitriptan (Zomig)
Contact your doctor or pharmacist if you have any questions
or concerns about using this medicine.
Precautions:
- You must not exceed the recommended dose or take this
medicine for longer than prescribed without checking with
your doctor. Exceeding the recommended dose or taking this
medicine for longer than prescribed may cause serious Side
Effects.
- Do not drive or do anything else that could be dangerous,
until you know how you react to meridia.
- Do not miss any medical appointments while taking the
drug and before any medical or dental treatments, emergency
care or surgery, tell the doctor or dentist that you are
using meridia.
- Do not take meridia if you are pregnant.
- Do not take meridia while breastfeeding.
- Do not share this medicine with others, for whom it was
not prescribed.
- Do not use meridia for other health conditions.
- Keep meridia out of the reach of children.
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