Drug Interactions: Insights and Observations

 

Interactive Properties of Tizanidine (Zanaflex)

 

John R. Horn, PharmD, FCCP, and Philip Hansten, PharmD

 

 

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3. Kao CD et al. Hypotension due to interaction between lisinopril and tizanidine. Ann Pharmacother. 2004;38:1840-43.