Drug interactions
Desflurane + Pentazocine
Severity: Moderate
Desflurane and Pentazocine: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Opioids such as pentazocine reduce the concentration of inhaled anesthetic needed and add to respiratory and cardiovascular depression during and after anesthesia. This can prolong sedation and recovery.
What this interaction means in plain words
Desflurane and Pentazocine 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; Pentazocine belongs to Musculoskeletal.
Why it happens
Additive central nervous system and respiratory depression, with opioid lowering of the anesthetic minimum alveolar concentration.
What to do
Titrate desflurane to clinical effect and anesthetic depth monitoring, and monitor ventilation and hemodynamics, including postoperatively.
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 Pentazocine
- Calcium / magnesium / potassium / sodium oxybates + Pentazocine Contraindicated
- Olanzapine / samidorphan + Pentazocine Contraindicated
- Pentazocine + Phenelzine Contraindicated
- Pentazocine + Tranylcypromine Contraindicated
- Alfentanil + Pentazocine Major
- Alprazolam + Pentazocine Major
Other interactions of Desflurane
Frequently asked questions
Can I take Desflurane with Pentazocine?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Desflurane and Pentazocine 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. Opioids such as pentazocine reduce the concentration of inhaled anesthetic needed and add to respiratory and cardiovascular depression during and after anesthesia. This can prolong sedation and recovery.
How serious is the interaction between Desflurane and Pentazocine?
MediHelp rates it moderate, on a four-level scale (minor, moderate, major, contraindicated) based on published labels and references. What to do, in brief: Titrate desflurane to clinical effect and anesthetic depth monitoring, and monitor ventilation and hemodynamics, including postoperatively.
What other medicines interact with Pentazocine?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Pentazocine with, for example, Calcium / magnesium / potassium / sodium oxybates, Olanzapine / samidorphan, Phenelzine. The full list is on the Pentazocine page.
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