(tye ZAN i deen)
Apo-Tizanidine®; Gen-Tizanidine; Zanaflex®
Alpha2-Adrenergic Agonist
¢ If you have an allergy to tizanidine or any other part of this medicine.
¢ Tell healthcare provider if you are allergic to any medicine. Make sure to tell about the allergy and how it affected you. This includes telling about rash; hives; itching; shortness of breath; wheezing; cough; swelling of face, lips, tongue, or throat; or any other symptoms involved.
¢ If you are taking ciprofloxacin or fluvoxamine.
¢ This medicine is used as a muscle relaxant.
¢ This medicine is used to treat headaches.
¢ This medicine is used to treat low back pain.
¢ This medicine is used to treat trigeminal neuralgia.
¢ Tizanidine works through the brain to relieve pain.
¢ It decreases the body's release of adrenaline and other hormones that increase blood pressure, heart rate, and anxiety.
¢ Take this medicine with or without food, but be consistent. Always take with food or always take on an empty stomach.
¢ You may sprinkle contents of capsule on applesauce.
¢ Take a missed dose as soon as possible.
¢ If it is almost time for the next dose, skip the missed dose and return to your regular schedule.
¢ Do not take a double dose or extra doses.
¢ Do not change dose or stop medicine. Talk with healthcare provider.
¢ Wear disease medical alert identification.
¢ If you are 65 or older, use this medicine with caution. You could have more side effects.
¢ If you have been taking this medicine for several weeks, talk with healthcare provider before stopping. You may want to gradually withdraw this medicine.
¢ If you have kidney disease, talk with healthcare provider.
¢ If you have liver disease, talk with healthcare provider.
¢ If you fall a lot, talk with healthcare provider.
¢ If you have low blood pressure, talk with healthcare provider.
¢ Do not change from capsule to tablet or vice versa.
¢ Check medicines with healthcare provider. This medicine may not mix well with other medicines.
¢ Avoid alcohol (includes wine, beer, and liquor) or other medicines and natural products that slow your actions and reactions. These include sedatives, tranquilizers, mood stabilizers, antihistamines, and other pain medicine.
¢ You may not be alert. Avoid driving, doing other tasks or activities until you see how this medicine affects you.
¢ Tell healthcare provider if you are pregnant or plan on getting pregnant.
¢ Tell healthcare provider if you are breast-feeding.
¢ Feeling lightheaded, sleepy, having blurred vision, or a change in thinking clearly. Avoid driving, doing other tasks or activities that require you to be alert or have clear vision until you see how this medicine affects you.
¢ Feeling dizzy. Rise slowly over several minutes from sitting or lying position. Be careful climbing.
¢ Dry mouth. Frequent mouth care, sucking hard, sugar-free candy, or chewing sugar-free gum may help.
¢ Feeling extremely tired or weak.
¢ Change in condition being treated. Is it better, worse, or about the same?
¢ Check blood work (liver function). Talk with healthcare provider.
¢ Dry mouth may cause an increase in cavities. Take good care of your teeth. See a dentist regularly.
¢ If you suspect an overdose, call your local poison control center or emergency department immediately.
¢ Signs of a life-threatening reaction. These include wheezing; chest tightness; fever; itching; bad cough; blue skin color; fits; or swelling of face, lips, tongue, or throat.
¢ Severe dizziness or passing out.
¢ Significant change in thinking clearly and logically.
¢ Severe belly pain.
¢ Severe nausea or vomiting.
¢ Not hungry.
¢ Dark urine or yellow skin or eyes.
¢ Feeling extremely tired or weak.
¢ Any rash.
¢ No improvement in condition or feeling worse.
¢ Store at room temperature.
¢ Protect from light.
¢ Protect from moisture. Do not store in a bathroom or kitchen.
¢ If you have a life-threatening allergy, wear allergy identification at all times.
¢ Do not share your medicine with others and do not take anyone else's medicine.
¢ Keep all medicine out of the reach of children and pets.
¢ Keep a list of all your medicines (prescription, natural products, supplements, vitamins, over-the-counter) with you. Give this list to healthcare provider (doctor, nurse, nurse practitioner, pharmacist, physician assistant).
¢ Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
¢ Talk with healthcare provider before starting any new medicine, including over-the-counter, natural products, or vitamins.
Created: 2006-10-13 16:02:19.0
Modified: 2008-01-25 13:03:43.0
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