Interaction checker → Melatonin + Sedatives / sleep medication

Worth knowing about

Can you take Melatonin with sedatives / sleep medication?

Additive sedation

What happens

Melatonin adds to benzodiazepine or Z-drug sedation.

Drugs in this class include Alprazolam, Lorazepam, Zolpidem, Temazepam.

What to do about it

Expect more sedation than the prescription alone. Worth factoring into driving, and worth mentioning to your prescriber.

This is general information compiled from published pharmacology, not advice about your situation. Your dose, your other medication and your bloodwork all matter, and a pharmacist can see those in a way this page cannot.

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