Drug interactions
Celecoxib + Potassium chloride
Severity: Moderate
Celecoxib and Potassium chloride: moderate interaction.
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Summary
NSAIDs such as celecoxib can impair renal potassium excretion, and potassium chloride supplies additional potassium. This may cause hyperkalemia, particularly with renal impairment, diabetes or concurrent ACE inhibitors or ARBs.
What this interaction means in plain words
Celecoxib and Potassium chloride 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.
Celecoxib belongs to Musculoskeletal; Potassium chloride belongs to Gastrointestinal Tract.
Why it happens
NSAID-induced hyporeninemic hypoaldosteronism and reduced renal perfusion decrease potassium excretion.
What to do
Check serum potassium and creatinine at baseline and periodically, and reduce the potassium dose if levels rise.
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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Frequently asked questions
Can I take Celecoxib with Potassium chloride?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Celecoxib and Potassium chloride 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. NSAIDs such as celecoxib can impair renal potassium excretion, and potassium chloride supplies additional potassium. This may cause hyperkalemia, particularly with renal impairment, diabetes or concurrent ACE inhibitors or ARBs.
How serious is the interaction between Celecoxib and Potassium chloride?
MediHelp rates it moderate, on a four-level scale (minor, moderate, major, contraindicated) based on published labels and references. What to do, in brief: Check serum potassium and creatinine at baseline and periodically, and reduce the potassium dose if levels rise.
What other medicines interact with Celecoxib?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Celecoxib with, for example, Ketorolac, Ketorolac intranasal, Aceclofenac. The full list is on the Celecoxib page.
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