Drug interactions
Dobutamine + Midodrine
Severity: Moderate
Dobutamine and Midodrine: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Midodrine is an alpha-1 agonist that raises blood pressure, while dobutamine increases heart rate and contractility. Together they may cause excessive hypertension, tachycardia or arrhythmia.
What this interaction means in plain words
Dobutamine and Midodrine 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; Midodrine belongs to Miscellaneous.
Why it happens
Additive sympathomimetic effects through alpha-1 vasoconstriction and beta-1 cardiac stimulation.
What to do
Monitor blood pressure and heart rate closely and reduce the dose of either drug if hypertension or tachycardia 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 Midodrine?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Dobutamine and Midodrine 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. Midodrine is an alpha-1 agonist that raises blood pressure, while dobutamine increases heart rate and contractility. Together they may cause excessive hypertension, tachycardia or arrhythmia.
How serious is the interaction between Dobutamine and Midodrine?
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 and heart rate closely and reduce the dose of either drug if hypertension or tachycardia 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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