Sedating antihistamines may enhance the sedative effects of CNS depressants including alcohol, barbiturates, hypnotics, opioid analgesic, anxiolytic sedatives, and antipsychotics. Sedative interactions apply to a lesser extent with the non-sedative antihistamines; they do not appear to potentiate the effects of alcohol, but it should be avoided in excess.
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