Pylora Oral

In Depth

Other medications can affect the removal of phenobarbital from your body, which may affect how this product works. Examples include darunavir, disulfiram, drugs to treat seizures (such as phenytoin, valproic acid), St. John's wort, among others.

Phenobarbital can speed up the removal of many other medications from your body, which may affect how they work. Examples of affected drugs include cyclosporine, doxycycline, estrogens, metronidazole, ranolazine, "blood thinners" such as warfarin, corticosteroids such as prednisone, calcium channel blockers such as felodipine/nimodipine, among others.

This medication may decrease the effectiveness of hormonal birth control products (such as pills, patch, ring). This effect can result in pregnancy. Ask your doctor or pharmacist for details. Discuss whether you should use additional reliable birth control methods while taking this medication.

Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking other products that cause drowsiness or slow/shallow breathing including alcohol, antihistamines (such as cetirizine, diphenhydramine), drugs for sleep or anxiety (such as alprazolam, diazepam, zolpidem), muscle relaxants, and narcotic pain relievers (such as codeine).

Check the labels on all your medicines (such as allergy or cough-and-cold products, diet aids) because they may contain ingredients that cause drowsiness or a fast heartbeat. Ask your pharmacist about using those products safely.

This medication may interfere with certain laboratory tests (including gastric secretion tests), possibly causing false test results. Make sure laboratory personnel and all your doctors know you use this drug.

This document does not contain all possible drug interactions. Keep a list of all the products you use. Share this list with your doctor and pharmacist to lessen your risk for serious medication problems.

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