Drug interactions
Methylprednisolone + Triamcinolone
Severity: Moderate
Methylprednisolone and Triamcinolone: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Two systemic corticosteroids given together add glucocorticoid effects and adverse effects such as hyperglycemia, infection risk, fluid retention and adrenal suppression. There is no therapeutic rationale for routine duplication.
What this interaction means in plain words
Methylprednisolone and Triamcinolone 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.
Methylprednisolone belongs to Endocrine; Triamcinolone belongs to Endocrine.
Why it happens
Therapeutic duplication with additive glucocorticoid receptor activity; a clinically meaningful CYP3A4 effect is not established.
What to do
Avoid duplicate corticosteroid therapy unless intentionally planned, such as an intra-articular injection with oral therapy. Count the combined steroid exposure when monitoring glucose, blood pressure and infection.
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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- Triamcinolone + Zoster vaccine live Contraindicated
- Adenovirus types 4 and 7 live + Triamcinolone Major
- Aldesleukin + Triamcinolone Major
- Atazanavir + Triamcinolone Major
- Axicabtagene ciloleucel + Triamcinolone Major
Other interactions of Methylprednisolone
- Bcg vaccine live + Methylprednisolone Contraindicated
- Measles mumps and rubella vaccine live + Methylprednisolone Contraindicated
- Measles mumps rubella and varicella vaccine live + Methylprednisolone Contraindicated
- Measles vaccine + Methylprednisolone Contraindicated
- Methylprednisolone + Mifepristone Contraindicated
- Methylprednisolone + Rubella vaccine Contraindicated
Frequently asked questions
Can I take Methylprednisolone with Triamcinolone?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Methylprednisolone and Triamcinolone 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. Two systemic corticosteroids given together add glucocorticoid effects and adverse effects such as hyperglycemia, infection risk, fluid retention and adrenal suppression. There is no therapeutic rationale for routine duplication.
How serious is the interaction between Methylprednisolone and Triamcinolone?
MediHelp rates it moderate, on a four-level scale (minor, moderate, major, contraindicated) based on published labels and references. What to do, in brief: Avoid duplicate corticosteroid therapy unless intentionally planned, such as an intra-articular injection with oral therapy. Count the combined steroid exposure when monitoring glucose, blood pressure and infection.
What other medicines interact with Triamcinolone?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Triamcinolone with, for example, Smallpox vaccine live, Zoster vaccine live, Adenovirus types 4 and 7 live. The full list is on the Triamcinolone page.
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