What the FDA labels say about taking them together
Clorazepate and ethyl alcohol
Clorazepate's FDA label of September 10, 2026 names ethyl alcohol in its drug interactions section; the ethyl alcohol label PlainMeds reads does not name clorazepate. The clorazepate label: “Animal experience indicates that clorazepate dipotassium prolongs the sleeping time after hexobarbital or after ethyl alcohol, increases the inhibitory effects of chlorpromazine, but does not exhibit monoamine oxidase …”
Check it at the source: the clorazepate FDA label on DailyMed (effective September 10, 2026, Apotex Corp.); the ethyl alcohol FDA label on DailyMed (effective August 21, 2026).
What does the clorazepate label say about ethyl alcohol?
Clorazepate label, drug interactionsAnimal experience indicates that clorazepate dipotassium prolongs the sleeping time after hexobarbital or after ethyl alcohol, increases the inhibitory effects of chlorpromazine, but does not exhibit monoamine oxidase inhibition.
Source: FDA drug label (Clorazepate Dipotassium), ANDA215566 (Corepharma), as published by Apotex Corp., effective September 10, 2026 (SPL set 6e07efe5-29b6-6d1e-661a-f696c4b17f43), via openFDA; the full label on DailyMed
What does the ethyl alcohol label say about clorazepate?
Ethyl alcohol's label (effective August 21, 2026) does not name clorazepate in these sections. A label lists what its studies and reports found; it is not a complete list.
Source: FDA drug label (Hand Sanitizer Trio - chocolate chip pancake, strawberry matcha and dubai chocolate scent), Diamond Life Cosmetics Trading FZCO, effective August 21, 2026 (SPL set e0f22428-acd6-40b1-8059-a0fba2755886), via openFDA; the full label on DailyMed
These are the labels' own sentences. PlainMeds does not grade interactions; a pharmacist or prescriber can say what they mean for one person's medicines.
Both medicines on the record
| Clorazepate | Ethyl alcohol | |
|---|---|---|
| Labeled for | Anxiety, Seizures and epilepsy | n/a |
| Boxed warning | Yes | No |
| Pharmacy cost (NADAC) | $0.524 per tablet 3.75 mg tablet | n/a |
| Shortage now | No current entry | No current entry |
Source: FDA NDC Directory, CMS NADAC of October 7, 2026 and the FDA Drug Shortage Database (FDA files October 8, 2026)
What next?
- Check more medicines together
- up to five at once