Alka-Seltzer Plus Day & Night Cold Formula (Night Cold) and Alcohol/Food Interactions
There are 2 alcohol/food/lifestyle interactions with Alka-Seltzer Plus Day & Night Cold Formula (Night Cold) (aspirin / dextromethorphan / doxylamine / phenylephrine).
Dextromethorphan Food
Moderate Food Interaction
Consumer information for this interaction is not currently available.
GENERALLY AVOID: Alcohol may potentiate some of the pharmacologic effects of CNS-active agents. Use in combination may result in additive central nervous system depression and/or impairment of judgment, thinking, and psychomotor skills.
MANAGEMENT: Patients receiving CNS-active agents should be warned of this interaction and advised to avoid or limit consumption of alcohol. Ambulatory patients should be counseled to avoid hazardous activities requiring complete mental alertness and motor coordination until they know how these agents affect them, and to notify their physician if they experience excessive or prolonged CNS effects that interfere with their normal activities.
Doxylamine Food
Moderate Food Interaction
Consumer information for this interaction is not currently available.
GENERALLY AVOID: Alcohol may potentiate some of the pharmacologic effects of CNS-active agents. Use in combination may result in additive central nervous system depression and/or impairment of judgment, thinking, and psychomotor skills.
MANAGEMENT: Patients receiving CNS-active agents should be warned of this interaction and advised to avoid or limit consumption of alcohol. Ambulatory patients should be counseled to avoid hazardous activities requiring complete mental alertness and motor coordination until they know how these agents affect them, and to notify their physician if they experience excessive or prolonged CNS effects that interfere with their normal activities.
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Alka-Seltzer Plus Day & Night Cold Formula (Night Cold) drug interactions
There are 851 drug interactions with Alka-Seltzer Plus Day & Night Cold Formula (Night Cold) (aspirin / dextromethorphan / doxylamine / phenylephrine).
Alka-Seltzer Plus Day & Night Cold Formula (Night Cold) disease interactions
There are 21 disease interactions with Alka-Seltzer Plus Day & Night Cold Formula (Night Cold) (aspirin / dextromethorphan / doxylamine / phenylephrine) which include:
- depression
- coagulation
- asthma
- GI toxicity
- renal dysfunction
- Reye's syndrome
- cardiovascular disease
- anticholinergic effects
- asthma/COPD
- cardiovascular
- renal/liver disease
- glaucoma
- liver disease
- resp depression
- anemia
- dialysis
- G-6-PD deficiency
- hepatotoxicity
- BPH
- diabetes
- glaucoma
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Drug Interaction Classification
| Highly clinically significant. Avoid combinations; the risk of the interaction outweighs the benefit. | |
| Moderately clinically significant. Usually avoid combinations; use it only under special circumstances. | |
| 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. | |
| No interaction information available. |
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