Oxycodone and Anxiety Medications: Safety Risks Explained
Short answer: Oxycodone and anxiety medications are a high-caution pairing. Benzodiazepines such as Xanax, Ativan, Klonopin and Valium carry an FDA boxed warning when taken with opioids, because the combination can cause profound sedation, slowed or stopped breathing, coma and death. Other anxiety treatments, including gabapentin, hydroxyzine, sleep drugs, SSRIs and buspirone, range from “needs …
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