Drug interactions
Dobutamine + Doxapram
Severity: Moderate
Dobutamine and Doxapram: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Doxapram has pressor effects and can raise blood pressure and heart rate, adding to dobutamine's cardiovascular stimulation. The combination may cause excessive hypertension, tachycardia or arrhythmias.
What this interaction means in plain words
Dobutamine and Doxapram 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.
Dobutamine belongs to Cardiovascular; Doxapram belongs to Central Nervous System.
Why it happens
Additive pressor and sympathetic stimulatory effects.
What to do
Monitor blood pressure, heart rate and ECG continuously and reduce the dobutamine infusion rate if hypertension or arrhythmia develops.
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 Dobutamine with Doxapram?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Dobutamine and Doxapram 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. Doxapram has pressor effects and can raise blood pressure and heart rate, adding to dobutamine's cardiovascular stimulation. The combination may cause excessive hypertension, tachycardia or arrhythmias.
How serious is the interaction between Dobutamine and Doxapram?
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 blood pressure, heart rate and ECG continuously and reduce the dobutamine infusion rate if hypertension or arrhythmia develops.
What other medicines interact with Dobutamine?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Dobutamine with, for example, Budesonide-formoterol, Dihydroergotamine intranasal, Dihydroergotamine. The full list is on the Dobutamine page.
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