Drug interactions
Loxapine + Nalbuphine
Severity: Moderate
Loxapine and Nalbuphine: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Loxapine is a sedating antipsychotic, and combining it with nalbuphine can cause greater CNS depression, hypotension and respiratory depression. Inhaled loxapine carries a particular bronchospasm risk too.
What this interaction means in plain words
Loxapine and Nalbuphine 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.
Loxapine belongs to Central Nervous System; Nalbuphine belongs to Musculoskeletal.
Why it happens
Additive CNS depression from opioid receptor activity and antipsychotic sedative effects.
What to do
Use lower initial doses and monitor sedation, blood pressure and respiration.
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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- Alprazolam + Loxapine Major
- Amisulpride + Loxapine Major
- Amoxapine + Loxapine Major
- Apomorphine + Loxapine Major
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Frequently asked questions
Can I take Loxapine with Nalbuphine?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Loxapine and Nalbuphine 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. Loxapine is a sedating antipsychotic, and combining it with nalbuphine can cause greater CNS depression, hypotension and respiratory depression. Inhaled loxapine carries a particular bronchospasm risk too.
How serious is the interaction between Loxapine and Nalbuphine?
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 lower initial doses and monitor sedation, blood pressure and respiration.
What other medicines interact with Nalbuphine?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Nalbuphine with, for example, Alvimopan, Olanzapine / samidorphan, Alprazolam. The full list is on the Nalbuphine page.
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