Taking temazepam with other medicines and herbal supplements

Cautions with other medicines

Some medicines and temazepam can affect each other and increase the chances of you having side effects.

Before you start taking temazepam, tell your doctor if you're taking any of these medicines:

• antipsychotics, used to treat mental health problems
• antidepressants, used to treat depression
• anticonvulsants, used to treat epilepsy
• hypnotics, used to treat anxiety or sleep problems
• drowsy (sedating) antihistamines, such as chlorphenamine or promethazine
• strong painkillers, such as codeine, methadone, morphine, oxycodone, pethidine or tramadol
• medicine for fungal infections, such as fluconazole
• medicines that lower high blood pressure (hypertension), such as ramipril, losartan, atenolol, amlodipine or furosemide
• medicine to treat muscle spasms, such as baclofen or tizanidine
• cimetidine, used to reduce stomach acid
• disulfiram, used to treat alcohol addiction
• levodopa, used to treat Parkinson's disease
• lofexidine, used to treat drug addiction
• theophylline, used to treat asthma
• rifampicin, used to treat tuberculosis (TB)
• ritonavir, used to treat HIV

Mixing temazepam with herbal remedies or supplements

Do not take any herbal remedies that make you feel sleepy while taking temazepam, as they can increase the side effects of your medicine.

There's not enough information to say that other herbal remedies or supplements are safe to take with temazepam. They're not tested in the same way as pharmacy and prescription medicines. They're generally not tested for the effect they have on other medicines.