You should not take this medication if you are allergic to meclizine.
Before you take meclizine, tell your doctor if you have liver or kidney disease, asthma, glaucoma, an enlarged prostate, or urination problems.
This medication may impair your thinking or reactions. Be careful if you drive or do anything that requires you to be alert.
Drinking alcohol can increase certain side effects of meclizine.
Cold or allergy medicine, sedatives, narcotic pain medicine, sleeping pills, muscle relaxers, and medicine for seizures, depression or anxiety can add to sleepiness caused by meclizine.
Before taking this medicine
You should not use meclizine if you are allergic to it.
To make sure meclizine is safe for you, tell your doctor if you have any of these conditions:
liver disease;
kidney disease;
asthma;
glaucoma;
enlarged prostate; or
urination problems.
FDA pregnancy category B. Meclizine is not expected to harm an unborn baby. Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant during treatment.
It is not known whether meclizine passes into breast milk or if it could harm a nursing baby. Tell your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.
This medicine should not be given to a child younger than 12 years old.
 Meclizine pregnancy and breastfeeding warnings (more detail)
