Drug interactions
Formoterol-mometasone + Pseudoephedrine
Severity: Moderate
Formoterol-mometasone and Pseudoephedrine: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Pseudoephedrine is a sympathomimetic that can raise heart rate and blood pressure, and formoterol can add to these effects. This is most relevant in patients with hypertension, arrhythmias or ischemic heart disease.
What this interaction means in plain words
Formoterol-mometasone and Pseudoephedrine 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; Pseudoephedrine belongs to Respiratory.
Why it happens
Additive adrenergic stimulation of the cardiovascular system.
What to do
Monitor blood pressure and heart rate, and avoid pseudoephedrine in patients with significant cardiovascular disease. Counsel patients to report palpitations or tremor.
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 Pseudoephedrine
- Isocarboxazid + Pseudoephedrine Contraindicated
- Phenelzine + Pseudoephedrine Contraindicated
- Pseudoephedrine + Rasagiline Contraindicated
- Pseudoephedrine + Selegiline Contraindicated
- Pseudoephedrine + Selegiline transdermal Contraindicated
- Pseudoephedrine + Tranylcypromine Contraindicated
Frequently asked questions
Can I take Formoterol-mometasone with Pseudoephedrine?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Formoterol-mometasone and Pseudoephedrine 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. Pseudoephedrine is a sympathomimetic that can raise heart rate and blood pressure, and formoterol can add to these effects. This is most relevant in patients with hypertension, arrhythmias or ischemic heart disease.
How serious is the interaction between Formoterol-mometasone and Pseudoephedrine?
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 blood pressure and heart rate, and avoid pseudoephedrine in patients with significant cardiovascular disease. Counsel patients to report palpitations or tremor.
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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