Pregabalin and Acetaminophen/Oxycodone Interaction

Drug interaction information between Pregabalin and Acetaminophen/Oxycodone.

Pregabalin and Acetaminophen/Oxycodone have a documented moderate interaction in FDA labeling.

FDA drug labeling documents a moderate-severity interaction between Pregabalin and Acetaminophen/Oxycodone. This page displays the available source-record category and label text. The category is not an individual risk estimate or medication-combination direction.

Drug A

Pregabalin

Anticonvulsant / Nerve Pain Agent

Drug B

Acetaminophen/Oxycodone

Opioid Analgesic Combination

How They Interact

Both drugs slow down the central nervous system. Using them together can cause extreme sleepiness and make it hard to breathe.

FDA Label Information

Benzodiazepines and Other Central Nervous System (CNS) Depressants Due to additive pharmacologic effect, the concomitant use of benzodiazepines and other CNS depressants such as benzodiazepines and other sedatives/hypnotics, anxiolytics, tranquilizers, muscle relaxants, general anesthetics, antipsychotics, gabapentinoids (gabapentin or pregabalin), other opioids, including alcohol, can increase the risk of hypotension, respiratory depression, profound sedation, coma, and death.

Frequently Asked Questions

What SPL severity band is on file for Pregabalin + Acetaminophen/Oxycodone?

Compiled FDA labeling labels this pair moderate. That is a source-record field, not an individual medication-combination decision.

Which drug in this pair has the larger labeled-interaction portfolio?

Acetaminophen/Oxycodone has 23 labeled pairs on file vs Pregabalin's 14. In the moderate band specifically: Pregabalin has 1; Acetaminophen/Oxycodone has 2 (also Gabapentin).

What mechanism field is on file for Pregabalin and Acetaminophen/Oxycodone?

Both drugs slow down the central nervous system. Using them together can cause extreme sleepiness and make it hard to breathe.

Acetaminophen/Oxycodone's labeled portfolio outnumbers Pregabalin

SPL source-record counts only. This page's band is moderate · classes on file: Pregabalin (Anticonvulsant / Nerve Pain Agent); Acetaminophen/Oxycodone (Opioid Analgesic Combination).

Pregabalin

0 major · 1 moderate · 13 minor · 14 total

Pregabalin has no other moderate-band peer in this dataset besides Acetaminophen/Oxycodone.

Acetaminophen/Oxycodone

0 major · 2 moderate · 21 minor · 23 total

  • Other moderate peers for Acetaminophen/Oxycodone
  • Gabapentin

Sources: FDA Drug Labels (SPL) via openFDA (2026). This is for informational purposes only and is not medical advice. This registry does not provide individual medication-combination directions.