Drug interactions
Carbamazepine + Pancuronium
Severity: Moderate
Carbamazepine and Pancuronium: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Chronic carbamazepine therapy can reduce the effect of non-depolarising blockers such as pancuronium, giving shorter duration and higher dose requirements. Recovery from blockade may be quicker than anticipated.
What this interaction means in plain words
Carbamazepine and Pancuronium 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.
Carbamazepine belongs to Central Nervous System; Pancuronium belongs to Musculoskeletal.
Why it happens
Long-term carbamazepine is thought to induce clearance of the blocker and alter neuromuscular receptor sensitivity.
What to do
Monitor neuromuscular blockade with train-of-four and increase pancuronium dosing or infusion 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 Pancuronium
Other interactions of Carbamazepine
- Artemether / lumefantrine + Carbamazepine Contraindicated
- Cabotegravir + Carbamazepine Contraindicated
- Carbamazepine + Delamanid Contraindicated
- Carbamazepine + Dienogest / estradiol valerate Contraindicated
- Carbamazepine + Doravirine Contraindicated
- Carbamazepine + Elbasvir / grazoprevir Contraindicated
Frequently asked questions
Can I take Carbamazepine with Pancuronium?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Carbamazepine and Pancuronium 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. Chronic carbamazepine therapy can reduce the effect of non-depolarising blockers such as pancuronium, giving shorter duration and higher dose requirements. Recovery from blockade may be quicker than anticipated.
How serious is the interaction between Carbamazepine and Pancuronium?
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 neuromuscular blockade with train-of-four and increase pancuronium dosing or infusion rate as needed.
What other medicines interact with Pancuronium?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Pancuronium with, for example, Amikacin, Bacitracin-neomycin-polymyxin, Capreomycin. The full list is on the Pancuronium page.
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