Drug interactions
Cyclobenzaprine + Trospium chloride
Severity: Moderate
Cyclobenzaprine and Trospium chloride: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Cyclobenzaprine has significant antimuscarinic properties, and trospium is an antimuscarinic used for overactive bladder. Together they can intensify dry mouth, constipation, blurred vision, tachycardia and urinary retention, with older adults particularly at risk.
What this interaction means in plain words
Cyclobenzaprine and Trospium 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.
Why it happens
Additive antimuscarinic (anticholinergic) pharmacodynamic effects.
What to do
Monitor for anticholinergic adverse effects, especially urinary retention, constipation and confusion in older patients. Reduce the dose or stop cyclobenzaprine if these effects become 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 Cyclobenzaprine
- Cyclobenzaprine + Isocarboxazid Contraindicated
- Cyclobenzaprine + Linezolid Contraindicated
- Cyclobenzaprine + Phenelzine Contraindicated
- Cyclobenzaprine + Safinamide Contraindicated
- Cyclobenzaprine + Selegiline Contraindicated
- Cyclobenzaprine + Selegiline transdermal Contraindicated
Frequently asked questions
Can I take Cyclobenzaprine with Trospium chloride?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Cyclobenzaprine and Trospium 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. Cyclobenzaprine has significant antimuscarinic properties, and trospium is an antimuscarinic used for overactive bladder. Together they can intensify dry mouth, constipation, blurred vision, tachycardia and urinary retention, with older adults particularly at risk.
How serious is the interaction between Cyclobenzaprine and Trospium 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: Monitor for anticholinergic adverse effects, especially urinary retention, constipation and confusion in older patients. Reduce the dose or stop cyclobenzaprine if these effects become troublesome.
What other medicines interact with Cyclobenzaprine?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Cyclobenzaprine with, for example, Isocarboxazid, Linezolid, Phenelzine. The full list is on the Cyclobenzaprine page.
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