Ambien Discussion

I accidentally took 2 of my brother’s topamax pills. I’m wondering if I can now take my prescribed ambien? I would think so seeing as topamax is not a heavy duty drug and I didn’t find any significant interactions with them. Anyone know?

Chosen Answer:

Call any 24 hour pharmacy and speak with the pharmacist! Yahoo! Answers is not the place to ask for information like this.

If you’re stranded and don’t have a phone, here’s the information I pulled off of drugs.com:

“MONITOR: Central nervous system- and/or respiratory-depressant effects may be additively or synergistically increased in patients taking multiple drugs that cause these effects, especially in elderly or debilitated patients.

MANAGEMENT: During concomitant use of these drugs, patients should be monitored for potentially excessive or prolonged CNS and respiratory depression. 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”

This is listed as a ‘moderate’ interaction. Depending on an uncountable amount of factors, this could mean anything from “you may die in your sleep” to “nah, it’s cool man”. When in doubt, don’t mix medications (especially two medications so similar in action) until you’ve talked to someone who’s an expert.

Drugs are bad, mmkay.
by: Interrobangin’
on: 8th December 09