Meprobamate is used short-term to treat anxiety.

Meprobamate may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.

Use only as directed. Tell your doctor if you use other medicines or have other medical conditions or allergies.

Follow all directions on your prescription label and read all medication guides or instruction sheets. Use the medicine exactly as directed.

Meprobamate may be habit-forming. Misuse can cause addiction, overdose, or death. Never share this medicine with another person. Keep the medicine where others cannot get to it. Selling or giving away this medicine is against the law.

Your doctor will need to check your progress on a regular basis.

You may have withdrawal symptoms if you stop using meprobamate suddenly after using it long term or at high doses. Ask your doctor before stopping the medicine.

Store tightly closed at room temperature, away from moisture and heat. Keep your medicine in a place where no one can use it improperly.

Usual Adult Dose for Anxiety:

1200 to 1600 mg orally divided in 3 or 4 doses
Maximum dose: 2400 mg per day

Comments:
-The lowest effective dose should be used in order to limit oversedation.
-The effectiveness beyond 4 months has not been assessed.

Uses: Management of anxiety disorders or for the short-term relief of anxiety symptoms.

Usual Pediatric Dose for Anxiety:

Age: 6 to 12 years:
200 to 600 mg orally divided in 2 or 3 doses

Age: 13 years or older:
1200 to 1600 mg orally divided in 3 or 4 doses
Maximum dose: 2400 mg per day

Comments:
-The lowest effective dose should be used in order to limit oversedation.
-The effectiveness beyond 4 months has not been assessed.

Uses: Management of anxiety disorders or for the short-term relief of anxiety symptoms

You should not use meprobamate if you are allergic to it, or if you have:

• porphyria (a genetic enzyme disorder that causes symptoms affecting the skin or nervous system); or

• an allergy to carisoprodol, mebutamate, tybamate, or carbromal.

Tell your doctor if you have ever had:

• epilepsy or other seizure disorder;

• kidney disease;

• liver disease; or

• alcoholism or drug addiction.

May harm an unborn baby. Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or if you become pregnant.

Ask a doctor if it is safe to breastfeed while using meprobamate.

Not approved for use by anyone younger than 6 years old.

Take the medicine as soon as you can, but skip the missed dose if it is almost time for your next dose. Do not take two doses at one time.

Seek emergency medical attention or call the Poison Help line at 1-800-222-1222. An overdose can be fatal.

Overdose symptoms may include extreme drowsiness or dizziness, loss of coordination, slurred speech, weak or shallow breathing, fainting, or coma.

Keep this medication in the container it came in, tightly closed, and out of reach of children. Store it at room temperature, away from excess heat and moisture (not in the bathroom).

It is important to keep all medication out of sight and reach of children as many containers (such as weekly pill minders and those for eye drops, creams, patches, and inhalers) are not child-resistant and young children can open them easily. To protect young children from poisoning, always lock safety caps and immediately place the medication in a safe location – one that is up and away and out of their sight and reach. http://www.upandaway.org

Unneeded medications should be disposed of in special ways to ensure that pets, children, and other people cannot consume them. However, you should not flush this medication down the toilet. Instead, the best way to dispose of your medication is through a medicine take-back program. Talk to your pharmacist or contact your local garbage/recycling department to learn about take-back programs in your community. See the FDA's Safe Disposal of Medicines website (http://goo.gl/c4Rm4p) for more information if you do not have access to a take-back program.

Unless your doctor tells you otherwise, continue your normal diet.

Drinking alcohol with meprobamate can cause side effects.

Avoid driving or hazardous activity until you know how this medicine will affect you. Your reactions could be impaired.

Get emergency medical help if you have signs of an allergic reaction (hives, fever, chills, wheezing, difficult breathing, swelling in your face or throat) or a severe skin reaction (fever, sore throat, burning eyes, skin pain, red or purple skin rash with blistering and peeling).

Meprobamate may cause serious side effects. Call your doctor at once if you have:

• feelings of extreme happiness, feeling restless or excited;

• thoughts about suicide or hurting yourself;

• fast or pounding heartbeats;

• a light-headed feeling, like you might pass out;

• swelling in your hands, ankles, or feet;

• a red, itchy rash (may be only in your groin area);

• unusual bruising; or

• sudden fever, chills, sore throat, weakness.

Common side effects of meprobamate may include:

• drowsiness, weakness;

• problems with balance or muscle movement;

• headache, dizziness;

• bruising;

• numbness or tingling;

• blurred vision; or

• nausea, vomiting, diarrhea.

This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.

Using meprobamate with other drugs that make you drowsy can worsen this effect. Ask your doctor before using opioid medication, a sleeping pill, a muscle relaxer, or medicine for anxiety or seizures.

Other drugs may affect meprobamate, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal products. Tell your doctor about all other medicines you use.

Keep all appointments with your doctor and the laboratory. Your doctor will order certain lab tests to check your response to meprobamate.

Do not let anyone else take your medication. Meprobamate is a controlled substance. Prescriptions may be refilled only a limited number of times; ask your pharmacist if you have any questions.

It is important for you to keep a written list of all of the prescription and nonprescription (over-the-counter) medicines you are taking, as well as any products such as vitamins, minerals, or other dietary supplements. You should bring this list with you each time you visit a doctor or if you are admitted to a hospital. It is also important information to carry with you in case of emergencies.

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