Patient/caregiver was educated on precautions to be exercised while taking vilazodone as follows: Vilazodone intake can thin the blood and increase risk for bleeding in the skin and mucus membranes. Patients can present with bleeding spots on the skin, internal abdominal bleeding with fresh blood or partially digested blood in the stool, and bleeding in the urine staining the urine brownish red. This risk is further more in individuals concurrently taking blood thinners and anticoagulants, [...]

Patient/caregiver was educated on precautions to be exercised while taking vilazodone as follows: Alcohol, opioid pain medications, such as, hydrocodone and codeine, a number of OTC cough medications, antihistamines, muscle relaxant medications, and antianxiety medications can further add to the dizziness and confusion caused by vilazodone. This can result in compromised safety, falls, and accidents and so, must be avoided taken together with vilazodone. Vilazodone carries significant risk for obstruction to the drainage of fluid [...]

Patient/caregiver was educated on precautions to be exercised while taking vilazodone as follows: Vilazodone intake carries the risk of lowering the blood pressure. Hypotension, secondary to vilazodone intake, can lead to episodes of confusion and dizziness. Avoid sudden changes in position, until you are used to the side-effects of vilazodone intake. Sudden change of positions can make the confusion and dizzy episodes even worse and precipitate accidents and falls. Report any episodes of increased dizziness, [...]

Patient/caregiver was educated on precautions to be exercised while taking vilazodone as follows: Follow closely on the expiration date of the medication. If using a pillbox, check the expiration date on the medication container every time you fill the pillbox. If you are taking this medication for longer periods of time, set reminders on your phone, one 10 days ahead, the next a week ahead, and then every day, before you run out of the [...]

Patient/caregiver was educated on contraindications for using Vilazodone as follows: Vilazodone use in expectant mothers could harm the unborn baby and result in birth defects. So, vilazodone should be cautiously used or avoided for an alternative drug during pregnancy and in women planning for pregnancy. Women in the child-bearing age group, taking vilazodone on a regular basis, must employ effective contraceptive measures in order to avoid getting pregnant. Vilazodone is extensively metabolized in the liver [...]