Buspirone Hcl

Buspirone is a medication used to treat generalized anxiety disorder. Buspirone belongs to a class of medications called anxiolytic psychotropic drugs. Buspirone is a generic medication also offered under the trade name Buspar by Bristol-Myers Squibb. Buspirone was approved by the FDA for use in 1986. Buspirone became available as a generic drug in 2001. In the treatment of anxiety, buspirone use is fairly common.

• busPIRone HCl
• Droperidol
• hydrOXYzine HCl
• hydrOXYzine Pamoate
• Meprobamate
• Vistaril

• Tablet

• By mouth

Your doctor will tell you how much of this medicine to take and how often. Do not take more medicine or take it more often than your doctor tells you to.

You may take this medicine with or without food, but take it the same way each time.

You may need to take this medicine for 1 or 2 weeks before you begin to feel better.

You should not use this medicine if you have had an allergic reaction to buspirone.

Make sure your doctor knows if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, or if you have kidney or liver disease.

Do not stop using this medicine suddenly without asking your doctor. You may need to slowly decrease your dose before stopping it completely.

This medicine may make you dizzy or drowsy. Avoid driving, using machines, or doing anything else that could be dangerous if you are not alert.

Make sure your doctor knows if you are using any medicines that make you sleepy (such as sleeping pills, cold and allergy medicine, narcotic pain relievers, or sedatives).

You should not use buspirone when you are also using an MAO inhibitor (such as Eldepryl®, Marplan®, Nardil®, Parnate®).

Do not eat grapefruit, drink grapefruit juice, or drink alcohol while you are using buspirone.

Make sure your doctor knows if you are also using cimetidine (Tagamet®), dexamethasone (Decadron®), diltiazem (Cardizem®, Tiazac®), erythromycin (Erythro-Tab®), itraconazole (Sporanox®), nefazodone (Serzone®), rifampin (Rifadin®, Rifamate®, Rifater®), verapamil (Calan®, Covera®), or medicine for seizures (such as Dilantin®, Luminal®, Tegretol®).

• Fast or pounding heartbeat
• Numbness or tingling feeling
• Tremors or shaking
• Headache
• Nausea, constipation, upset stomach
• Dry mouth
• Nausea, constipation, upset stomach
• Feeling restless or nervous, trouble sleeping
• Drowsiness or weakness
• Headache