Drug interactions
Bromocriptine + Dobutamine
Severity: Moderate
Bromocriptine and Dobutamine: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Bromocriptine can cause hypotension or, less often, hypertension and arrhythmia, and ergot-type vasoconstriction may add to the cardiovascular effects of dobutamine. Blood pressure and rhythm may be unpredictable.
What this interaction means in plain words
Bromocriptine and Dobutamine 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.
Bromocriptine belongs to Central Nervous System; Dobutamine belongs to Cardiovascular.
Why it happens
Additive pharmacodynamic effects on vascular tone and cardiac stimulation; mechanism is not fully established.
What to do
Monitor blood pressure and ECG during co-administration and adjust the dobutamine rate as needed.
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 Dobutamine
Other interactions of Bromocriptine
Frequently asked questions
Can I take Bromocriptine with Dobutamine?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Bromocriptine and Dobutamine 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. Bromocriptine can cause hypotension or, less often, hypertension and arrhythmia, and ergot-type vasoconstriction may add to the cardiovascular effects of dobutamine. Blood pressure and rhythm may be unpredictable.
How serious is the interaction between Bromocriptine and Dobutamine?
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 blood pressure and ECG during co-administration and adjust the dobutamine rate as needed.
What other medicines interact with Dobutamine?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Dobutamine with, for example, Budesonide-formoterol, Dihydroergotamine intranasal, Dihydroergotamine. The full list is on the Dobutamine page.
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