Ibuprofen 200mg, Phenylephrine Hydrochloride 10mg, Chlorpheniramine Maleate 4mg, Oral tablet
Cannabis
· Severity: Major
· Notes for Consumers: Discuss cannabis use with your care team. The effects of your medication may be altered if used with cannabis. Call emergency services right away if you experience slow or shallow breathing, shortness of breath, feeling faint, dizziness, confusion, or trouble staying awake.
· Notes for Professionals: Advise patients to avoid cannabis use while taking CNS depressants due to the risk for additive CNS depression and potential for other cognitive adverse reactions.
Ibuprofen 200mg, Phenylephrine Hydrochloride 10mg, Chlorpheniramine Maleate 4mg, Oral tablet
Alcohol
· Severity: Major
· Notes for Consumers: Do not drink alcohol while taking this medication. Drinking alcohol while taking this medication can cause serious side effects, such as central nervous system (CNS) depression, and can increase the risk of falling. Call emergency services right away if you experience symptoms of CNS depression: slow or shallow breathing, shortness of breath, feeling faint, dizziness, confusion, trouble staying awake.
· Notes for Professionals: Advise patients to avoid alcohol consumption while taking CNS depressants. Alcohol consumption may result in additive CNS depression.
Ibuprofen 200mg, Phenylephrine Hydrochloride 10mg, Chlorpheniramine Maleate 4mg, Oral tablet
Tobacco
· Severity: Major
· Notes for Consumers: Do not smoke or use tobacco products while taking this medication. Smoking while taking this medication increases the risk for stomach bleeding. Contact your care team right away if you experience bloody or black, tar-like stools, or vomiting blood or brown material that looks like coffee grounds.
· Notes for Professionals: Advise patients to avoid smoking tobacco while taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Concomitant use of NSAIDs with tobacco smoking may enhance the risk of gastrointestinal side effects, including peptic ulcer and GI bleeding. Patients using tobacco and NSAIDs concurrently should be monitored closely for GI adverse reactions.
Ibuprofen 200mg, Phenylephrine Hydrochloride 10mg, Chlorpheniramine Maleate 4mg, Oral tablet
Caffeine-containing Foods/Beverages
· Severity: Moderate
· Notes for Consumers: Limit caffeine intake (examples: coffee, teas, colas, chocolate and some herbal supplements) while taking Phenylephrine. Also avoid medicines containing additional Caffeine whenever possible. Side effects from Phenylephrine may get worse if you take excessive Caffeine. Taking a high amount of Caffeine can increase the risk of nausea, nervousness, palpitations, problems with sleep, rapid heartbeat, tremor, or other side effects.
· Notes for Professionals: Caffeine is a CNS-stimulant and such actions are expected to be additive when coadministered with other CNS stimulants or psychostimulants.