Label: TIZANIDINE tablet

  • Category: HUMAN PRESCRIPTION DRUG LABEL
  • DEA Schedule: None
  • Marketing Status: Abbreviated New Drug Application

Drug Label Information

Updated March 20, 2025

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  • HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESCRIBING INFORMATION
    Tizanidine Tablets - These highlights do not include all the information needed to use TIZANIDINE TABLETS safely and effectively. See full prescribing information for TIZANIDINE TABLETS ...
  • Table of Contents
    Table of Contents
  • 1 INDICATIONS AND USAGE
    Tizanidine tablets are indicated for the treatment of spasticity in adults.
  • 2 DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION
    2.1 Recommended Evaluation and Testing Before and After Initiating Tizanidine Tablets - Monitoring of aminotransferase levels is recommended at baseline and 1 month after maximum dose is ...
  • 3 DOSAGE FORMS AND STRENGTHS
    Tablets - The 2 mg tablets are white to off-white, round, uncoated tablet debossed with '1' & '1' on either side of bisecting score on one side and debossed with '04' on the other side. The 4 ...
  • 4 CONTRAINDICATIONS
    Tizanidine tablets are contraindicated in patients: taking strong CYP1A2 inhibitors - [see - Drug Interactions (7.1)]. with a history of hypersensitivity to tizanidine ...
  • 5 WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS
    5.1 Hypotension - Tizanidine is an α 2-adrenergic agonist that can produce hypotension - [see - Adverse Reactions (6.1)and - Drug Interactions (7.5)] . Syncope has been ...
  • 6 ADVERSE REACTIONS
    The following clinically significant adverse reactions are described elsewhere in other sections of the prescribing information: Hypotension - [ see Warnings and Precautions ...
  • 7 DRUG INTERACTIONS
    7.1 Strong CYP1A2 Inhibitors - Concomitant use of tizanidine with strong cytochrome P450 1A2 (CYP1A2) inhibitors (e.g., fluvoxamine, ciprofloxacin) is contraindicated. Changes in ...
  • 8 USE IN SPECIFIC POPULATIONS
    8.1 Pregnancy - Risk Summary - There are no adequate data on the developmental risk associated with use of tizanidine in pregnant women. In animal studies, administration of tizanidine during ...
  • 9 DRUG ABUSE AND DEPENDENCE
    9.1 Controlled Substance - Tizanidine tablets contains tizanidine, which is not a controlled substance. 9.2 Abuse - Abuse is the intentional, non-therapeutic use of a drug, even once, for its ...
  • 10 OVERDOSAGE
    A review of the safety surveillance database revealed cases of intentional and accidental tizanidine overdose. Some of the cases resulted in fatality and many of the intentional overdoses were ...
  • 11 DESCRIPTION
    Tizanidine tablets, USP contains tizanidine hydrochloride as the active ingredient, which is a central alpha - 2-adrenergic agonist. Its chemical name is ...
  • 12 CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY
    12.1 Mechanism of Action - Tizanidine is a central alpha-2-adrenergic receptor agonist and presumably reduces spasticity by increasing presynaptic inhibition of motor neurons. The effects of ...
  • 13 NONCLINICAL TOXICOLOGY
    13.1 Carcinogenesis, Mutagenesis, Impairment of Fertility - Carcinogenesis - Tizanidine was administered to mice for 78 weeks at oral doses up to 16 mg/kg/day, which is 2 times the maximum ...
  • 14 CLINICAL STUDIES
    The efficacy of tizanidine for the treatment of spasticity was demonstrated in two adequate and well-controlled studies in patients with multiple sclerosis or spinal cord injury (Studies 1 and ...
  • 16 HOW SUPPLIED/STORAGE AND HANDLING
    16.1 How Supplied - Tizanidine Tablets USP, 2 mg are white to off-white, round, uncoated tablet debossed with '1' & '1' on either side of bisecting score on one side and debossed with '04' on the ...
  • 17 PATIENT COUNSELING INFORMATION
    Serious Drug Interactions - Advise patients they should not take tizanidine if they are taking fluvoxamine or ciprofloxacin because of the increased risk of serious adverse reactions including ...
  • PACKAGE LABEL.PRINCIPAL DISPLAY PANEL
    Tizanidine 2mg #30 ...
  • INGREDIENTS AND APPEARANCE
    Product Information