Drug interactions
Formoterol-mometasone + Gentamicin
Severity: Moderate
Formoterol-mometasone and Gentamicin: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Both drugs can lower serum potassium, and gentamicin can also cause renal magnesium wasting. The combined electrolyte disturbance may predispose to arrhythmia and muscle weakness.
What this interaction means in plain words
Formoterol-mometasone and Gentamicin 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.
Formoterol-mometasone belongs to Respiratory; Gentamicin belongs to Anti Bacterial.
Why it happens
Formoterol drives potassium into cells, while aminoglycoside nephrotoxicity causes renal potassium and magnesium loss, giving additive electrolyte depletion.
What to do
Monitor serum potassium and magnesium during aminoglycoside therapy and replace deficits promptly.
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 Formoterol-mometasone
Other interactions of Gentamicin
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Frequently asked questions
Can I take Formoterol-mometasone with Gentamicin?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Formoterol-mometasone and Gentamicin 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 can lower serum potassium, and gentamicin can also cause renal magnesium wasting. The combined electrolyte disturbance may predispose to arrhythmia and muscle weakness.
How serious is the interaction between Formoterol-mometasone and Gentamicin?
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 serum potassium and magnesium during aminoglycoside therapy and replace deficits promptly.
What other medicines interact with Formoterol-mometasone?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Formoterol-mometasone with, for example, Amiodarone, Amisulpride, Amoxapine. The full list is on the Formoterol-mometasone page.
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