Disulfiram (Oral Route)

Disulfiram is used to help overcome your drinking problem. It is not a cure for alcoholism, but rather will discourage you from drinking.

Disulfiram is available only with your doctor's prescription.

This product is available in the following dosage forms:

• Tablet

Tell your doctor if you have ever had any unusual or allergic reaction to this medicine or any other medicines. Also tell your health care professional if you have any other types of allergies, such as to foods, dyes, preservatives, or animals. For non-prescription products, read the label or package ingredients carefully.

Although certain medicines should not be used together at all, in other cases two 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 you are taking this medicine, it is especially important that your healthcare professional know if you are taking any of the medicines listed below. The following interactions have been selected on the basis of their potential significance and are not necessarily all-inclusive.

Using this medicine with any of the following medicines is not recommended. Your doctor may decide not to treat you with this medication or change some of the other medicines you take.

• Amprenavir
• Dronabinol
• Metronidazole
• Paraldehyde

Using this medicine with any of the following medicines is usually not recommended, but may be required in some cases. If both medicines are prescribed together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use one or both of the medicines.

• Clozapine
• Secnidazole
• Tinidazole
• Tranylcypromine

Using this medicine with any of the following medicines may cause an increased risk of certain side effects, but using both drugs may be the best treatment for you. If both medicines are prescribed together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use one or both of the medicines.

• Anisindione
• Diazepam
• Dicumarol
• Fosphenytoin
• Isoniazid
• Omeprazole
• Phenprocoumon
• Phenytoin
• Theophylline
• Warfarin

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

• Asthma or other lung disease, severe, or
• Diabetes mellitus (sugar diabetes) or
• Epilepsy or other seizure disorder or
• Heart or blood vessel disease or
• Kidney disease or
• Liver disease or cirrhosis of the liver or
• Underactive thyroid—A disulfiram-alcohol reaction may make the condition worse

• Depression or
• Severe mental illness—Disulfiram may make the condition worse

• Skin allergy—Disulfiram may cause an allergic reaction