Ethinamate (Systemic)

Before Using This Medicine

In deciding to use a medicine, the risks of taking the medicine must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you and your doctor will make. For ethinamate, the following should be considered:

Allergies - Tell your doctor if you have ever had any unusual or allergic reaction to ethinamate. Also tell your health care professional if you are allergic to any other substances, such as foods, preservatives, or dyes.

Pregnancy - Studies on birth defects have not been done in either humans or animals.

Breast-feeding - It is not known whether ethinamate passes into the breast milk. However, this medicine has not been reported to cause problems in nursing babies.

Children - Studies on this medicine have been done only in adult patients, and there is no specific information about its use in children.

Older adults - Elderly people may be especially sensitive to the effects of ethinamate. This may increase the chance of side effects during treatment.

Other medicines - Although certain medicines should not be used together at all, in other cases 2 different medicines may be used together even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your doctor may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. When taking ethinamate it is especially important that your health care professional know if you are taking any of the following:

• Central nervous system (CNS) depressants, other - Using these medicines together may increase the CNS and other depressant effects

Other medical problems - The presence of other medical problems may affect the use of ethinamate. Make sure you tell your doctor if you have any other medical problems, especially:

• Alcohol abuse (or history of) or
• Drug abuse or dependence (or history of) - Dependence on ethinamate may develop

• Mental depression - Ethinamate may make the condition worse