After taking Agomelatine tablets, you should not drink alcohol for a week after stopping the drug.
The drug can cause liver damage and elevated transaminases, and drinking alcohol will increase the metabolic burden on the liver; at the same time, dizziness and drowsiness are common after taking the drug, and drinking alcohol may pose a risk of respiratory depression. Therefore, it is recommended that patients stop taking the drug for a week and wait until the drug components in the body are excreted before drinking alcohol.
The drug is a melatonin receptor agonist and 5-HT2C receptor antagonist, which specifically increases the release of norepinephrine and dopamine from the prefrontal cortex and has no effect on extracellular pentazocine levels. That is why the drug is used clinically in the treatment of depression.
After the use of the drug there are adverse reactions such as headache, dizziness, drowsiness, nausea, diarrhea, liver damage, fatigue.
It is contraindicated in people who are allergic to the components of the drug; in patients with hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, patients with hepatic impairment, or those with elevated transaminases above the upper limit of normal.
Liver function should be closely monitored during the treatment period; no driving machines, vehicles, ships, working at height, mechanical work and operation of precision instruments are allowed during the period of taking the drug; pregnant women and lactating women should be cautious; patients with depression under the age of 18 should be cautious.
If you need to use the drug, it should be used under the guidance of a specialist physician.