Can you take these together????

Question

ACETAMINOPHEN W/CODEINE & CYCLOBENZAPRINE?

My doctor prescribed them to me lastnight in the E.R. Can I take a codeine one and the other together? Or do I take them apart? I took a ACETAMINOPHEN (Tylenol 3) about 10 minutes ago.. Since they were subscribed together, is it safe?

I can't call my doctor I normally go to until tomorrow.

Answer 1

Is there an "ask a nurse" phone # in your phone book?  Or maybe there's one for on line you can find.  Better yet, if you can find a pharmacist, they are the drug experts, and could tell you right off if the two are compatible.  There might be a 24 hour pharmacist near you at a drug store, or one of those urgent care places might be able to answer you over the phone.

Answer 2

Usually if they give you the rx, you can take them together.  Check out webmd.com for drug interactions.  I wish they would explain more before you leave......

Answer 3

Acetaminophen w/ codeine is a common Rx for pain and cyclobenzatrine, a.k.a.  Flexeril is a muscle relaxant but it doesn't really work by relaxing  the muscles, it works on the brain instead. I think if you take them both together you're going to feel pretty doped up, i.e. drugged but in so far as their safety, that is up to your doctor.