Drug interactions
Carbamazepine + Prednisolone
Severity: Moderate
Carbamazepine and Prednisolone: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Carbamazepine speeds prednisolone metabolism, which can reduce corticosteroid effect. Disease flares or inadequate immunosuppression can follow.
What this interaction means in plain words
Carbamazepine and Prednisolone 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; Prednisolone belongs to Endocrine.
Why it happens
Carbamazepine induces CYP3A4, increasing glucocorticoid clearance.
What to do
Monitor clinical response and increase the corticosteroid dose if needed. Reassess the dose when carbamazepine is stopped.
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 Prednisolone
- Bcg vaccine live + Prednisolone Contraindicated
- Measles mumps and rubella vaccine live + Prednisolone Contraindicated
- Measles mumps rubella and varicella vaccine live + Prednisolone Contraindicated
- Measles vaccine + Prednisolone Contraindicated
- Mifepristone + Prednisolone Contraindicated
- Prednisolone + Radium-223 dichloride Contraindicated
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 Prednisolone?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Carbamazepine and Prednisolone 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 speeds prednisolone metabolism, which can reduce corticosteroid effect. Disease flares or inadequate immunosuppression can follow.
How serious is the interaction between Carbamazepine and Prednisolone?
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 clinical response and increase the corticosteroid dose if needed. Reassess the dose when carbamazepine is stopped.
What other medicines interact with Prednisolone?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Prednisolone with, for example, Bcg vaccine live, Measles mumps and rubella vaccine live, Measles mumps rubella and varicella vaccine live. The full list is on the Prednisolone page.
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