Patient/caregiver was educated on contraindications for using triazolam as follows:
- Do not take triazolam, if you ever manifested any allergic responses to intake of triazolam or any other medications belonging to the same group as triazolam, such as, oxazepam, lorazepam, prazepam, and alprazolam. In the event of an allergic response with any of these medications, check with your physician regarding your safety with intake of Triazolam.
- Triazolam intake can be habit-forming and carries an abuse potential. The risk for addiction and abuse can be even higher, especially in individuals with history of substance abuse. Triazolam must be used with extreme caution or avoided in such individuals, to prevent any abuse and toxic side-effects with Triazolam use.
- Do not take Triazolam along with alcohol, opioid pain medications, such as, hydrocodone and codeine, antipsychotic medications, antidepressant medications, anti-seizure medications, muscle relaxants, antihistamines, OTC cough syrups, and any other medications that carry a risk for depression of the central nervous system and the respiratory center, resulting in episodes of dizziness, confusion, difficulty breathing, and respiratory arrest. The individual influence of these medications on respirations and central nervous system can get added up, thus leading to severe respiratory depression, confusion, coma, and can even be fatal.
- Triazolam use in expectant mothers could harm the unborn baby and result in complications, such as, respiratory depression, breathing difficulties, and low BP numbers in newborn. So, triazolam use should be avoided during pregnancy and in women planning to get pregnant. The possibility of one being pregnant should be explored before initiating therapy with triazolam for a woman in child-bearing age group. Women in the child-bearing age group, taking triazolam on a regular basis, must employ effective contraceptive measures in order to avoid getting pregnant.
