Drug interactions
Ketamine + Triprolidine
Severity: Moderate
Ketamine and Triprolidine: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Triprolidine may add to the sedative and psychomotor effects of ketamine. The risk is most relevant when ketamine is used for procedural sedation or analgesia in patients who have taken sedating antihistamines.
What this interaction means in plain words
Ketamine and Triprolidine 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.
Ketamine belongs to Central Nervous System; Triprolidine belongs to Respiratory.
Why it happens
Additive CNS depression.
What to do
Monitor the level of sedation and respiratory status, and consider reducing the ketamine dose when a sedating antihistamine has been taken.
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 Triprolidine
Other interactions of Ketamine
Frequently asked questions
Can I take Ketamine with Triprolidine?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Ketamine and Triprolidine 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. Triprolidine may add to the sedative and psychomotor effects of ketamine. The risk is most relevant when ketamine is used for procedural sedation or analgesia in patients who have taken sedating antihistamines.
How serious is the interaction between Ketamine and Triprolidine?
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 the level of sedation and respiratory status, and consider reducing the ketamine dose when a sedating antihistamine has been taken.
What other medicines interact with Triprolidine?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Triprolidine with, for example, Belladonna and opium, Benzhydrocodone / acetaminophen, Brexanolone. The full list is on the Triprolidine page.
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