Drug interactions
Aspirin + Triamcinolone
Severity: Moderate
Aspirin and Triamcinolone: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Corticosteroids combined with aspirin increase the risk of gastric irritation, ulceration and gastrointestinal bleeding. Corticosteroids may also increase salicylate clearance, so salicylate levels can fall when the steroid is started and rise when it is stopped.
What this interaction means in plain words
Aspirin and Triamcinolone 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
Additive gastrointestinal mucosal injury, plus corticosteroid-induced increase in renal salicylate clearance.
What to do
Monitor for GI bleeding symptoms and consider gastroprotection such as a proton pump inhibitor in at-risk patients. Watch for loss of salicylate effect, or toxicity when the steroid is withdrawn, if aspirin is used at high anti-inflammatory doses.
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 Aspirin with Triamcinolone?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Aspirin and Triamcinolone 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. Corticosteroids combined with aspirin increase the risk of gastric irritation, ulceration and gastrointestinal bleeding. Corticosteroids may also increase salicylate clearance, so salicylate levels can fall when the steroid is started and rise when it is stopped.
How serious is the interaction between Aspirin and Triamcinolone?
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 for GI bleeding symptoms and consider gastroprotection such as a proton pump inhibitor in at-risk patients. Watch for loss of salicylate effect, or toxicity when the steroid is withdrawn, if aspirin is used at high anti-inflammatory doses.
What other medicines interact with Triamcinolone?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Triamcinolone with, for example, Smallpox vaccine live, Zoster vaccine live, Adenovirus types 4 and 7 live. The full list is on the Triamcinolone page.
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