Drug Interactions With Oxazepam

Some of the drugs that can potentially interact with oxazepam include sleep medicines, antipsychotic medications, and narcotics or opiates. Drug interactions with oxazepam can increase your risk of side effects like memory loss, drowsiness, and confusion. Make sure that you talk with your pharmacist or healthcare provider about any oxazepam interactions that may apply to you.

Oxazepam Drug Information

An Overview of Oxazepam Drug Interactions

Oxazepam (Serax^®) can potentially interact with several other medications, particularly other medications that affect the central nervous system. Some of these medicines that may lead to oxazepam interactions include:

Alcoholic beverages
Anesthetics
Antidepressants
Antipsychotic medications, such as:
- Aripiprazole (Abilify^®)
- Chlorpromazine (Thorazine^®)
- Clozapine (Clozaril^®, FazaClo^®)
- Fluphenazine (Prolixin^®)
- Olanzapine (Zyprexa^®, Symbyax^®)
- Perphenazine (Trilafon^®)
- Paliperidone (Invega^®)
- Quetiapine (Seroquel^®)
- Risperidone (Risperdal^®)
- Thioridazine (Mellaril^®)
- Trifluoperazine (Stelazine^®)
- Ziprasidone (Geodon^®)

Barbiturates, including:
- Amobarbital (Amytal^®)
- Butalbital (Fioricet^®, Fiorinal^®)
- Pentobarbital (Nembutal^®)
- Phenobarbital (Luminal^®)
- Secobarbital (Seconal^®)

Narcotics or opiates, such as morphine (Avinza^®, MS Contin^®, MSIR^®, Roxanol^®), oxycodone (OxyContin^®, OxyIR^®), or hydrocodone (Lortab^®, Norco^®, Vicodin^®)
Other benzodiazepines, including:
- Alprazolam (Xanax^®, Xanax XR^®)
- Chlordiazepoxide (Librium^®, Limbitrol^®, Librax^®)
- Clonazepam (Klonopin^®)
- Clorazepate (Tranxene^®)
- Diazepam (Valium^®)
- Estazolam (ProSom^®)
- Flurazepam (Dalmane^®)
- Lorazepam (Ativan^®)
- Midazolam (Versed^®)
- Temazepam (Restoril^®)
- Triazolam (Halcion^®)

Seizure medications
Sleep medications.

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