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What the FDA labels say about taking them together

Ethyl alcohol and procarbazine

Procarbazine's FDA label of September 16, 2024 names ethyl alcohol in its warnings section; the ethyl alcohol label PlainMeds reads does not name procarbazine.

Check it at the source: the ethyl alcohol FDA label on DailyMed (effective August 21, 2026); the procarbazine FDA label on DailyMed (effective September 16, 2024, Leadiant Biosciences, Inc.).

What does the ethyl alcohol label say about procarbazine?

Ethyl alcohol's label (effective August 21, 2026) does not name procarbazine 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

What does the procarbazine label say about ethyl alcohol?

Procarbazine label, warnings

Ethyl alcohol should not be used since there may be an Antabuse (disulfiram)-like reaction.

Source: FDA drug label (Matulane), Leadiant Biosciences, Inc., effective September 16, 2024 (SPL set 1aa75a3a-18c9-49e1-91a6-293d0b7da756), 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

0Ethyl alcohol generic labelers
0Procarbazine generic labelers
Ethyl alcoholProcarbazine
Labeled forn/an/a
Boxed warningNoYes
Pharmacy cost (NADAC)n/an/a
Shortage nowNo current entryNo current entry

Source: FDA NDC Directory, CMS NADAC of October 7, 2026 and the FDA Drug Shortage Database (FDA files October 8, 2026)

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