Drug interactions
Iloprost + Nabilone
Severity: Moderate
Iloprost and Nabilone: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Iloprost is a vasodilator that can lower blood pressure, and nabilone can cause hypotension and tachycardia. Together they may produce additive hypotension, dizziness or syncope.
What this interaction means in plain words
Iloprost and Nabilone 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.
Iloprost belongs to Cardiovascular; Nabilone belongs to Gastrointestinal Tract.
Why it happens
Additive vasodilatory and hypotensive pharmacodynamic effects.
What to do
Monitor blood pressure and heart rate when starting or titrating either drug, and reduce the iloprost dose if symptomatic hypotension 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 Nabilone
Other interactions of Iloprost
- Aldesleukin + Iloprost Moderate
- Amiodarone + Iloprost Moderate
- Bortezomib + Iloprost Moderate
- Bromocriptine + Iloprost Moderate
- Bupivacaine + Iloprost Moderate
- Carbidopa-entacapone-levodopa + Iloprost Moderate
Frequently asked questions
Can I take Iloprost with Nabilone?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Iloprost and Nabilone 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. Iloprost is a vasodilator that can lower blood pressure, and nabilone can cause hypotension and tachycardia. Together they may produce additive hypotension, dizziness or syncope.
How serious is the interaction between Iloprost and Nabilone?
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 when starting or titrating either drug, and reduce the iloprost dose if symptomatic hypotension occurs.
What other medicines interact with Nabilone?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Nabilone with, for example, Alfentanil, Amobarbital, Belladonna and opium. The full list is on the Nabilone page.
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