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I take Trazodone and Luvox and was wondering if I could take Dayquil/Nyquil with those, specifically Nyquil. I had a bad cold recently and was wondering if because the Trazodone made me tired if the Nyquil would do something bad as it makes you tired also. Thanks!

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I agree with calling pdoc/pharmacist. If you look at my med list, you will see I am on plenty (not the same as yours, though, so don't take my word for it), and the pharmacist told me it was OK to take Nyquil. I took it for three nights, but on the third night, I kept waking up panicking, thinking I wasn't breathing. That made me worried that my breathing was getting too depressed (slow) by all of the various meds, so I'm not taking it now.

I hope you feel better. I'm glad to see you here and posting. :)

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Nyquil contains alcohol (but they have an alcohol-free formulation). The alcohol could interact with your meds. Dayquil - AFAIK no alcohol but other stuff that could interact. Like the other people here, I'd suggest you double-check with your pdoc and/or pharmacist, as it can depend on dosages for both meds.

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Here is a very good drug interaction checker:

http://www.drugs.com...teractions.php/

If I'm miserable enough, I do take NyQuil, because not being able to sleep screws me up worse than being a little overdoped for a couple of nights. However, I'm afraid to take it for more than a couple nights, just in case of some weird interaction. And I cannot take DayQuil at all. Totally makes me nuts, with pounding heart and the shakes and anxiety and even racing thoughts.

Edit for typo

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