Drug interactions
Cyclizine + Pramlintide
Severity: Moderate
Cyclizine and Pramlintide: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Pramlintide slows gastric emptying and cyclizine has anticholinergic effects that reduce GI motility. Combined, they may further delay gastric emptying and worsen constipation or gastric stasis, and alter absorption of oral drugs.
What this interaction means in plain words
Cyclizine and Pramlintide 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.
Cyclizine belongs to Respiratory; Pramlintide belongs to Endocrine.
Why it happens
Additive slowing of gastrointestinal motility via amylin agonism and anticholinergic activity.
What to do
Monitor for GI symptoms and for erratic glucose control around meals. Consider another antiemetic if GI slowing is troublesome.
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 Cyclizine
- Calcium / magnesium / potassium / sodium oxybates + Cyclizine Major
- Cyclizine + Henbane Major
- Cyclizine + Sodium oxybate Major
- Abobotulinumtoxina + Cyclizine Moderate
- Alfentanil + Cyclizine Moderate
- Alprazolam + Cyclizine Moderate
Other interactions of Pramlintide
Frequently asked questions
Can I take Cyclizine with Pramlintide?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Cyclizine and Pramlintide 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. Pramlintide slows gastric emptying and cyclizine has anticholinergic effects that reduce GI motility. Combined, they may further delay gastric emptying and worsen constipation or gastric stasis, and alter absorption of oral drugs.
How serious is the interaction between Cyclizine and Pramlintide?
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 for GI symptoms and for erratic glucose control around meals. Consider another antiemetic if GI slowing is troublesome.
What other medicines interact with Cyclizine?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Cyclizine with, for example, Calcium / magnesium / potassium / sodium oxybates, Henbane, Sodium oxybate. The full list is on the Cyclizine page.
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