Drug interactions
Drospirenone + Nadolol
Severity: Minor
Drospirenone and Nadolol: minor interaction.
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Summary
Nonselective beta-blockers such as nadolol can modestly impair cellular potassium uptake and raise serum potassium, which may add to the effect of drospirenone. The increase is usually small but can matter in renal impairment or with other potassium-raising drugs.
What this interaction means in plain words
Drospirenone and Nadolol have a small, usually unimportant interaction. Most people can take both; the pharmacist may still mention it so that any unexpected effect is recognised.
Drospirenone belongs to Endocrine; Nadolol belongs to Cardiovascular.
Why it happens
Beta-blockade reduces beta-2-mediated cellular potassium uptake, adding to drospirenone's antimineralocorticoid potassium retention.
What to do
No routine action in healthy patients; check potassium if renal impairment or other potassium-raising drugs are present.
What to ask your pharmacist
- Is there anything I should notice while taking both?
- Do I need to tell my doctor at the next visit?
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Other interactions of Drospirenone
Other interactions of Nadolol
Frequently asked questions
Can I take Drospirenone with Nadolol?
MediHelp rates the interaction as minor. Drospirenone and Nadolol have a small, usually unimportant interaction. Most people can take both; the pharmacist may still mention it so that any unexpected effect is recognised. Nonselective beta-blockers such as nadolol can modestly impair cellular potassium uptake and raise serum potassium, which may add to the effect of drospirenone. The increase is usually small but can matter in renal impairment or with other potassium-raising drugs.
How serious is the interaction between Drospirenone and Nadolol?
MediHelp rates it minor, on a four-level scale (minor, moderate, major, contraindicated) based on published labels and references. What to do, in brief: No routine action in healthy patients; check potassium if renal impairment or other potassium-raising drugs are present.
What other medicines interact with Drospirenone?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Drospirenone with, for example, Belzutifan, Bosentan, Carbamazepine. The full list is on the Drospirenone page.
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