Drug interactions
Amoxapine + Pancuronium
Severity: Moderate
Amoxapine and Pancuronium: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Pancuronium has sympathomimetic and vagolytic effects and tricyclic antidepressants sensitize the heart to catecholamines. Combined use during anesthesia has been associated with arrhythmias and hypertension.
What this interaction means in plain words
Amoxapine and Pancuronium can affect each other. The combination is often manageable, but it may need a change of dose, a change of timing, or extra checks while both are taken.
Why it happens
Pancuronium blocks cardiac muscarinic receptors and inhibits catecholamine reuptake, while tricyclics also block reuptake and have anticholinergic and proarrhythmic effects.
What to do
Monitor ECG and blood pressure continuously, and consider a blocker with less vagolytic activity in patients on tricyclic therapy.
What to ask your pharmacist
- Should I take them at different times of day?
- Does the dose of either medicine need to change?
- Is there anything I should avoid, such as alcohol or certain foods, while on both?
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Frequently asked questions
Can I take Amoxapine with Pancuronium?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Amoxapine and Pancuronium can affect each other. The combination is often manageable, but it may need a change of dose, a change of timing, or extra checks while both are taken. Pancuronium has sympathomimetic and vagolytic effects and tricyclic antidepressants sensitize the heart to catecholamines. Combined use during anesthesia has been associated with arrhythmias and hypertension.
How serious is the interaction between Amoxapine and Pancuronium?
MediHelp rates it moderate, on a four-level scale (minor, moderate, major, contraindicated) based on published labels and references. What to do, in brief: Monitor ECG and blood pressure continuously, and consider a blocker with less vagolytic activity in patients on tricyclic therapy.
What other medicines interact with Pancuronium?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Pancuronium with, for example, Amikacin, Bacitracin-neomycin-polymyxin, Capreomycin. The full list is on the Pancuronium page.
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