Drug interactions
Hydrocodone + Risperidone
Severity: Moderate
Hydrocodone and Risperidone: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Risperidone can cause somnolence and orthostatic hypotension that add to opioid sedation and respiratory depression. The effect is usually manageable but warrants attention in elderly patients.
What this interaction means in plain words
Hydrocodone and Risperidone 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.
Hydrocodone belongs to Musculoskeletal; Risperidone belongs to Central Nervous System.
Why it happens
Additive CNS depression and hypotension from opioid agonism and antipsychotic receptor blockade.
What to do
Use the lowest effective opioid dose and monitor sedation, blood pressure and breathing, especially when starting or increasing doses.
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 Hydrocodone
- Alvimopan + Hydrocodone Contraindicated
- Bupropion-naltrexone + Hydrocodone Contraindicated
- Hydrocodone + Isocarboxazid Contraindicated
- Hydrocodone + Olanzapine / samidorphan Contraindicated
- Hydrocodone + Phenelzine Contraindicated
- Alfentanil + Hydrocodone Major
Other interactions of Risperidone
- Ibutilide + Risperidone Contraindicated
- Risperidone + Vandetanib Contraindicated
- Adagrasib + Risperidone Major
- Amiodarone + Risperidone Major
- Amisulpride + Risperidone Major
- Amoxapine + Risperidone Major
Frequently asked questions
Can I take Hydrocodone with Risperidone?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Hydrocodone and Risperidone 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. Risperidone can cause somnolence and orthostatic hypotension that add to opioid sedation and respiratory depression. The effect is usually manageable but warrants attention in elderly patients.
How serious is the interaction between Hydrocodone and Risperidone?
MediHelp rates it moderate, on a four-level scale (minor, moderate, major, contraindicated) based on published labels and references. What to do, in brief: Use the lowest effective opioid dose and monitor sedation, blood pressure and breathing, especially when starting or increasing doses.
What other medicines interact with Hydrocodone?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Hydrocodone with, for example, Alvimopan, Bupropion-naltrexone, Isocarboxazid. The full list is on the Hydrocodone page.
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