Mixing Benzodiazepines (Xanax) and Melatonin
Caution
Together they add drowsiness, confusion and clumsiness, which raises the risk of falls. Take less than usual, and add nothing else sedating.
Additive CNS depression — increased drowsiness, confusion, impaired coordination and memory. The combination is common and rarely dangerous at normal doses in healthy adults, but it compounds the fall and impairment risk benzodiazepines already carry, and adds to any respiratory depression when other depressants are also present.
The risk here is to the body — breathing, heart, temperature or organs. Set limits before you start, because this kind of harm does not announce itself in time to react.
Headspace vs physical riskCan you mix Benzodiazepines (Xanax) and Melatonin?
MixSafe rates mixing Benzodiazepines and Melatonin as "Caution" — carries risk that is worth understanding before combining. Reduce doses and do not use alone. Source: MixSafe research. Educational information, not medical advice.
- Benzodiazepines also called
- benzodiazepine, benzos, benzo, xanax, alprazolam, valium
- Melatonin also called
- sleep hormone, circadin
- Melatonin Interactions Checker. Drugs.com. https://www.drugs.com/drug-interactions/melatonin.html
- Melatonin + Xanax: Can You Take Them Together? https://www.drugs.com/drug-interactions/melatonin-with-xanax-1548-0-133-54.html
- Melatonin and SSRIs. https://ubiehealth.com/doctors-note/melatonin-ssris-drug-interaction-safety-caution-5851q1
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Rated caution. Educational information only, not medical advice. Absence of a documented interaction is not evidence of safety.