Before taking sodium oxybate,
tell your doctor and pharmacist if you are allergic to sodium oxybate or any other medications.
tell your doctor and pharmacist what other prescription and nonprescription medications, vitamins, nutritional supplements, and herbal products you are taking. Be sure to mention the medications listed in the IMPORTANT WARNING section and levodopa (Larodopa, in Sinemet). Your doctor may need to change the doses of your medications or monitor you carefully for side effects.
tell your doctor if you are following a low salt diet for medical reasons and if you have or have ever had succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency (an inherited condition in which certain substances build up in the body and cause retardation and developmental delays), heart failure, high blood pressure, or liver or kidney disease.
tell your doctor if you are pregnant, plan to become pregnant, or are breast-feeding. If you become pregnant while taking sodium oxybate, call your doctor.
if you are having surgery, including dental surgery, tell the doctor or dentist that you are taking sodium oxybate.
you should know that you will be very sleepy for at least 6 hours after you take sodium oxybate, and you may also be drowsy during the daytime. Do not drive a car, operate machinery, or perform any other dangerous activities for at least 6 hours after you take your medication. Avoid dangerous activities at all times until you know how sodium oxybate affects you.
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