Interactions with other patient drugs, OTC or herbal Lab value alterations caused by medicine
medicines (ask patient specifically) Patients on prolonged therapy should have CBC and liver
Alcohol, antidepressants , antihistamines , function test results evaluated periodically. May cause an ↑
otherbenzodiazepines, and opioid analgesics --concurrent in serum bilirubin, AST, and ALT
use results in ↑ CNS depression ○ May cause ↓ thyroidal uptake of sodium iodide, 123I,
and 131I