Drug interactions
Brompheniramine + Pentazocine
Severity: Moderate
Brompheniramine and Pentazocine: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Brompheniramine is a first-generation sedating antihistamine, and combined use with pentazocine may increase drowsiness and impair alertness. Anticholinergic effects such as dry mouth and urinary retention can also be additive.
What this interaction means in plain words
Brompheniramine and Pentazocine 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.
Brompheniramine belongs to Respiratory; Pentazocine belongs to Musculoskeletal.
Why it happens
Additive CNS depression from opioid activity and H1 antihistamine effects.
What to do
Counsel patients to avoid driving and alcohol, and use the lowest effective doses. Consider a non-sedating antihistamine as an alternative.
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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- Calcium / magnesium / potassium / sodium oxybates + Pentazocine Contraindicated
- Olanzapine / samidorphan + Pentazocine Contraindicated
- Pentazocine + Phenelzine Contraindicated
- Pentazocine + Tranylcypromine Contraindicated
- Alfentanil + Pentazocine Major
- Alprazolam + Pentazocine Major
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Frequently asked questions
Can I take Brompheniramine with Pentazocine?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Brompheniramine and Pentazocine 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. Brompheniramine is a first-generation sedating antihistamine, and combined use with pentazocine may increase drowsiness and impair alertness. Anticholinergic effects such as dry mouth and urinary retention can also be additive.
How serious is the interaction between Brompheniramine and Pentazocine?
MediHelp rates it moderate, on a four-level scale (minor, moderate, major, contraindicated) based on published labels and references. What to do, in brief: Counsel patients to avoid driving and alcohol, and use the lowest effective doses. Consider a non-sedating antihistamine as an alternative.
What other medicines interact with Pentazocine?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Pentazocine with, for example, Calcium / magnesium / potassium / sodium oxybates, Olanzapine / samidorphan, Phenelzine. The full list is on the Pentazocine page.
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