Drug interactions
Lurasidone + Pramlintide
Severity: Moderate
Lurasidone and Pramlintide: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Lurasidone may modestly raise blood glucose in some patients, which can oppose the glycemic goals of pramlintide therapy. Because pramlintide is used with mealtime insulin, glucose control and insulin requirements may shift.
What this interaction means in plain words
Lurasidone and Pramlintide 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.
Lurasidone belongs to Central Nervous System; Pramlintide belongs to Endocrine.
Why it happens
Pharmacodynamic antagonism: antipsychotic-related metabolic effects oppose antihyperglycemic therapy.
What to do
Monitor blood glucose regularly after starting or changing lurasidone, and adjust insulin and pramlintide doses as needed.
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 Lurasidone
- Apalutamide + Lurasidone Contraindicated
- Atazanavir + Lurasidone Contraindicated
- Carbamazepine + Lurasidone Contraindicated
- Clarithromycin + Lurasidone Contraindicated
- Cobicistat + Lurasidone Contraindicated
- Conivaptan + Lurasidone Contraindicated
Other interactions of Pramlintide
Frequently asked questions
Can I take Lurasidone with Pramlintide?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Lurasidone and Pramlintide 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. Lurasidone may modestly raise blood glucose in some patients, which can oppose the glycemic goals of pramlintide therapy. Because pramlintide is used with mealtime insulin, glucose control and insulin requirements may shift.
How serious is the interaction between Lurasidone and Pramlintide?
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 glucose regularly after starting or changing lurasidone, and adjust insulin and pramlintide doses as needed.
What other medicines interact with Lurasidone?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Lurasidone with, for example, Apalutamide, Atazanavir, Carbamazepine. The full list is on the Lurasidone page.
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