Drug interactions
Bethanechol + Memantine-donepezil
Severity: Moderate
Bethanechol and Memantine-donepezil: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Bethanechol is a direct muscarinic agonist and donepezil increases acetylcholine levels, so cholinergic effects add together. This can cause bradycardia, bronchospasm, abdominal cramping, salivation and sweating.
What this interaction means in plain words
Bethanechol and Memantine-donepezil 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.
Bethanechol belongs to Gastrointestinal Tract; Memantine-donepezil belongs to Central Nervous System.
Why it happens
Additive cholinergic stimulation from a direct agonist and a cholinesterase inhibitor.
What to do
Monitor heart rate and for gastrointestinal and respiratory cholinergic effects. Reduce the bethanechol dose if symptoms appear.
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 Memantine-donepezil
- Dronedarone + Memantine-donepezil Contraindicated
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- Amantadine + Memantine-donepezil Major
- Amiodarone + Memantine-donepezil Major
- Amisulpride + Memantine-donepezil Major
- Amitriptyline + Memantine-donepezil Major
Other interactions of Bethanechol
- Bethanechol + Darifenacin Major
- Bethanechol + Fesoterodine Major
- Bethanechol + Oxybutynin Major
- Bethanechol + Physostigmine Major
- Amifampridine + Bethanechol Moderate
- Amitriptyline + Bethanechol Moderate
Frequently asked questions
Can I take Bethanechol with Memantine-donepezil?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Bethanechol and Memantine-donepezil 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. Bethanechol is a direct muscarinic agonist and donepezil increases acetylcholine levels, so cholinergic effects add together. This can cause bradycardia, bronchospasm, abdominal cramping, salivation and sweating.
How serious is the interaction between Bethanechol and Memantine-donepezil?
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 and for gastrointestinal and respiratory cholinergic effects. Reduce the bethanechol dose if symptoms appear.
What other medicines interact with Memantine-donepezil?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Memantine-donepezil with, for example, Dronedarone, Thioridazine, Amantadine. The full list is on the Memantine-donepezil page.
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