Drug interactions
Esketamine + Loxapine
Severity: Moderate
Esketamine and Loxapine: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Both drugs depress the central nervous system. Taken together they can deepen sedation, impair psychomotor performance and increase dissociative or cognitive effects after the esketamine dose.
What this interaction means in plain words
Esketamine and Loxapine 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.
Esketamine belongs to Central Nervous System; Loxapine belongs to Central Nervous System.
Why it happens
Additive CNS depressant effects of esketamine and the sedating antipsychotic loxapine.
What to do
Monitor sedation and alertness during the post-dose observation period and counsel the patient not to drive until the next day. Reduce or reschedule the sedating agent if excessive somnolence occurs.
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 Esketamine
Other interactions of Loxapine
- Alfentanil + Loxapine Major
- Alprazolam + Loxapine Major
- Amisulpride + Loxapine Major
- Amoxapine + Loxapine Major
- Apomorphine + Loxapine Major
- Belladonna and opium + Loxapine Major
Frequently asked questions
Can I take Esketamine with Loxapine?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Esketamine and Loxapine 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. Both drugs depress the central nervous system. Taken together they can deepen sedation, impair psychomotor performance and increase dissociative or cognitive effects after the esketamine dose.
How serious is the interaction between Esketamine and Loxapine?
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 sedation and alertness during the post-dose observation period and counsel the patient not to drive until the next day. Reduce or reschedule the sedating agent if excessive somnolence occurs.
What other medicines interact with Esketamine?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Esketamine with, for example, Alfentanil, Amobarbital, Belladonna and opium. The full list is on the Esketamine page.
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