Taking Tylenol With Zarbee's Cough Medicine?

Hi Nevina and thanks for reaching out to us. 

Tylenol (or by the generic acetaminophen) is a drug that has been used for decades to help relieve pain and fever. It’s particularly useful in infants as it’s one of the few over-the-counter pain and fever medications that’s safe to use (at correct dosages).

What Do Zarbee's Contain?

Zarbee’s on the other hand is a bit more complicated to talk about in regard to its safety with certain drugs since 'Zarbee's' is a brand name that has over a dozen different formulations available.

Without seeing the bottle or specific direction about what product you are talking about, it is difficult to know which Zarbee’s cough syrup you used or are referencing.

On the bright side, all of Zarbee’s formulations do not contain any “pharmaceutical drugs”. Instead, they usually contain herbal ingredients like elderberry, thyme, ivy leaf, or agave syrup. Therefore, none of Zarbee’s cough syrups contain acetaminophen, the active ingredient of Tylenol.

Is There An Interaction?

In all likelihood, it's safe to use Zarbee's products with Tylenol because we don’t have any evidence to suggest that elderberry, thyme, ivy leaf, or agave syrup have any significant drug interactions with it, but we really don’t know that with 100% certainty as herbal products typically have little data available in this regard.

Nevertheless, there are no studies or data to suggest any interaction here.

Final Words

As a final note, Zarbee’s cough syrups, for ages 1-12, usually contain honey. Please make sure that you are not giving your child any honey until they are at least a year old due to the risk of botulism toxicity.

I hope this helps! Feel free to write us again in the future.