Drug interactions
Drospirenone + Salbutamol
Severity: Minor
Drospirenone and Salbutamol: minor interaction.
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Summary
Salbutamol can lower serum potassium while drospirenone, an anti-mineralocorticoid progestin, can raise it. The effects are opposed and clinically significant problems are unlikely in healthy patients.
What this interaction means in plain words
Drospirenone and Salbutamol 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; Salbutamol belongs to Respiratory.
Why it happens
Opposing effects on potassium: beta2-mediated cellular uptake versus drospirenone's antimineralocorticoid potassium retention.
What to do
No routine action is needed. Check potassium if the patient has renal impairment or takes other potassium-affecting drugs.
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 Salbutamol
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Frequently asked questions
Can I take Drospirenone with Salbutamol?
MediHelp rates the interaction as minor. Drospirenone and Salbutamol have a small, usually unimportant interaction. Most people can take both; the pharmacist may still mention it so that any unexpected effect is recognised. Salbutamol can lower serum potassium while drospirenone, an anti-mineralocorticoid progestin, can raise it. The effects are opposed and clinically significant problems are unlikely in healthy patients.
How serious is the interaction between Drospirenone and Salbutamol?
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 is needed. Check potassium if the patient has renal impairment or takes other potassium-affecting drugs.
What other medicines interact with Salbutamol?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Salbutamol with, for example, Arsenic trioxide, Carvedilol, Droperidol. The full list is on the Salbutamol page.
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