Drug interactions
Atropine + Solifenacin
Severity: Moderate
Atropine and Solifenacin: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Atropine is a potent antimuscarinic and systemic use with solifenacin adds to anticholinergic burden. This can cause tachycardia, urinary retention, constipation, dry mouth, blurred vision, and confusion.
What this interaction means in plain words
Atropine and Solifenacin 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.
Atropine belongs to Miscellaneous; Solifenacin belongs to Genitourinary.
Why it happens
Additive antagonism of muscarinic receptors.
What to do
Monitor heart rate, bowel and bladder function, and mental status. Avoid prolonged co-use in older patients or those with narrow-angle glaucoma or urinary retention.
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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Other interactions of Solifenacin
Other interactions of Atropine
- Atropine + Eluxadoline Major
- Atropine + Henbane Major
- Atropine + Pramlintide Major
- Abobotulinumtoxina + Atropine Moderate
- Aclidinium + Atropine Moderate
- Amantadine + Atropine Moderate
Frequently asked questions
Can I take Atropine with Solifenacin?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Atropine and Solifenacin 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. Atropine is a potent antimuscarinic and systemic use with solifenacin adds to anticholinergic burden. This can cause tachycardia, urinary retention, constipation, dry mouth, blurred vision, and confusion.
How serious is the interaction between Atropine and Solifenacin?
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 heart rate, bowel and bladder function, and mental status. Avoid prolonged co-use in older patients or those with narrow-angle glaucoma or urinary retention.
What other medicines interact with Solifenacin?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Solifenacin with, for example, Adagrasib, Amiodarone, Amisulpride. The full list is on the Solifenacin page.
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