Drug interactions
Loxapine + Ziconotide
Severity: Moderate
Loxapine and Ziconotide: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Ziconotide can cause sedation, confusion and psychiatric or cognitive adverse effects, and loxapine may add to the CNS depression. This is relevant because ziconotide labeling warns of psychiatric symptoms and decreased alertness.
What this interaction means in plain words
Loxapine and Ziconotide 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; Ziconotide belongs to Central Nervous System.
Why it happens
Additive CNS depressant effects; ziconotide is an N-type calcium channel blocker with its own CNS toxicity.
What to do
Monitor for sedation, confusion, mood change and decreased alertness. Reduce or stop ziconotide, or adjust loxapine, if cognitive or psychiatric symptoms develop.
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 Loxapine
- Alfentanil + Loxapine Major
- Alprazolam + Loxapine Major
- Amisulpride + Loxapine Major
- Amoxapine + Loxapine Major
- Apomorphine + Loxapine Major
- Belladonna and opium + Loxapine Major
Other interactions of Ziconotide
- Clozapine + Ziconotide Major
- Alprazolam + Ziconotide Moderate
- Amitriptyline + Ziconotide Moderate
- Amobarbital + Ziconotide Moderate
- Aripiprazole + Ziconotide Moderate
- Armodafinil + Ziconotide Moderate
Frequently asked questions
Can I take Loxapine with Ziconotide?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Loxapine and Ziconotide 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. Ziconotide can cause sedation, confusion and psychiatric or cognitive adverse effects, and loxapine may add to the CNS depression. This is relevant because ziconotide labeling warns of psychiatric symptoms and decreased alertness.
How serious is the interaction between Loxapine and Ziconotide?
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 for sedation, confusion, mood change and decreased alertness. Reduce or stop ziconotide, or adjust loxapine, if cognitive or psychiatric symptoms develop.
What other medicines interact with Loxapine?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Loxapine with, for example, Alfentanil, Alprazolam, Amisulpride. The full list is on the Loxapine page.
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