Drug interactions
Budesonide-formoterol + Pseudoephedrine
Severity: Moderate
Budesonide-formoterol and Pseudoephedrine: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Pseudoephedrine and formoterol are both sympathomimetics. Together they may cause additive increases in heart rate and blood pressure, with tremor, palpitations or arrhythmia in susceptible patients.
What this interaction means in plain words
Budesonide-formoterol and Pseudoephedrine 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.
Budesonide-formoterol belongs to Respiratory; Pseudoephedrine belongs to Respiratory.
Why it happens
Additive adrenergic stimulation.
What to do
Monitor blood pressure and heart rate. Avoid the combination in uncontrolled hypertension, tachyarrhythmia or significant cardiac disease.
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 Budesonide-formoterol
Other interactions of Pseudoephedrine
- Isocarboxazid + Pseudoephedrine Contraindicated
- Phenelzine + Pseudoephedrine Contraindicated
- Pseudoephedrine + Rasagiline Contraindicated
- Pseudoephedrine + Selegiline Contraindicated
- Pseudoephedrine + Selegiline transdermal Contraindicated
- Pseudoephedrine + Tranylcypromine Contraindicated
Frequently asked questions
Can I take Budesonide-formoterol with Pseudoephedrine?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Budesonide-formoterol and Pseudoephedrine 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. Pseudoephedrine and formoterol are both sympathomimetics. Together they may cause additive increases in heart rate and blood pressure, with tremor, palpitations or arrhythmia in susceptible patients.
How serious is the interaction between Budesonide-formoterol and Pseudoephedrine?
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 heart rate. Avoid the combination in uncontrolled hypertension, tachyarrhythmia or significant cardiac disease.
What other medicines interact with Budesonide-formoterol?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Budesonide-formoterol with, for example, Adagrasib, Amiodarone, Amisulpride. The full list is on the Budesonide-formoterol page.
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