Drug interactions
Desflurane + Isocarboxazid
Severity: Moderate
Desflurane and Isocarboxazid: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Patients on MAO inhibitors may show exaggerated hemodynamic responses and unstable blood pressure during general anesthesia. Volatile anesthetics can add to the hypotension or labile blood pressure seen with isocarboxazid.
What this interaction means in plain words
Desflurane and Isocarboxazid 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.
Desflurane belongs to Central Nervous System; Isocarboxazid belongs to Central Nervous System.
Why it happens
Additive pharmacodynamic effects on autonomic and cardiovascular regulation; the mechanism is not fully defined.
What to do
Inform the anesthesia team about MAOI use before surgery and monitor blood pressure and heart rate continuously. Avoid indirect-acting sympathomimetics and meperidine, and have direct-acting vasopressors available.
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 Desflurane with Isocarboxazid?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Desflurane and Isocarboxazid 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. Patients on MAO inhibitors may show exaggerated hemodynamic responses and unstable blood pressure during general anesthesia. Volatile anesthetics can add to the hypotension or labile blood pressure seen with isocarboxazid.
How serious is the interaction between Desflurane and Isocarboxazid?
MediHelp rates it moderate, on a four-level scale (minor, moderate, major, contraindicated) based on published labels and references. What to do, in brief: Inform the anesthesia team about MAOI use before surgery and monitor blood pressure and heart rate continuously. Avoid indirect-acting sympathomimetics and meperidine, and have direct-acting vasopressors available.
What other medicines interact with Isocarboxazid?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Isocarboxazid with, for example, 5-HTP, Amitriptyline, Amobarbital. The full list is on the Isocarboxazid page.
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