Drug interactions
Dobutamine + Oxytocin
Severity: Moderate
Dobutamine and Oxytocin: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Oxytocin can cause hypotension with reflex tachycardia, and high doses may cause arrhythmias or ischemic changes, while dobutamine also increases heart rate and myocardial oxygen demand. Together they may add to hemodynamic and arrhythmic stress, and oxytocin has been reported to potentiate pressor effects of vasoconstrictors.
What this interaction means in plain words
Dobutamine and Oxytocin 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; Oxytocin belongs to Endocrine.
Why it happens
Additive cardiovascular effects through different pharmacodynamic pathways.
What to do
Monitor ECG, heart rate and blood pressure continuously when both are given, and use the lowest effective oxytocin dose and dobutamine rate.
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 Dobutamine
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Frequently asked questions
Can I take Dobutamine with Oxytocin?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Dobutamine and Oxytocin 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. Oxytocin can cause hypotension with reflex tachycardia, and high doses may cause arrhythmias or ischemic changes, while dobutamine also increases heart rate and myocardial oxygen demand. Together they may add to hemodynamic and arrhythmic stress, and oxytocin has been reported to potentiate pressor effects of vasoconstrictors.
How serious is the interaction between Dobutamine and Oxytocin?
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 ECG, heart rate and blood pressure continuously when both are given, and use the lowest effective oxytocin dose and dobutamine rate.
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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