Is Alcohol (Ethanol) Safe with fluvoxamine?
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Avoid alcohol while taking fluvoxamine. Although pharmacokinetic studies showed no significant interaction, the FDA label advises patients to avoid alcohol as with other psychotropic medications.
Why this interaction occurs
As with other psychotropic medications, patients should be advised to avoid alcohol while taking fluvoxamine maleate extended-release capsules, due to potential additive CNS effects.
Evidence
Evidence level: strong.
Data source
FDA Drug Label
Reported safety data
The FDA’s adverse event reporting system (FAERS) has received 6,443 reports mentioning fluvoxamine. This reflects reported cases involving the medication in general — not confirmed causation, and not specific to the fluvoxamine + supplement combination on this page.
FAERS reports are voluntary and cannot prove that a drug caused an event. Do not use report counts to assess the safety of this specific drug-supplement pair.
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