Drug interactions
Moxonidine + Nabilone
Severity: Moderate
Moxonidine and Nabilone: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Moxonidine is a centrally acting antihypertensive that can cause drowsiness and dizziness, and nabilone has similar effects with additional orthostatic hypotension. Together they may cause greater sedation and blood pressure lowering.
What this interaction means in plain words
Moxonidine and Nabilone 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.
Why it happens
Additive CNS depression and hypotensive effects via central imidazoline receptor action and cannabinoid activity.
What to do
Monitor blood pressure including standing measurements and sedation, especially at initiation or dose increases. Counsel patients about driving and rising slowly.
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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Frequently asked questions
Can I take Moxonidine with Nabilone?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Moxonidine and Nabilone 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. Moxonidine is a centrally acting antihypertensive that can cause drowsiness and dizziness, and nabilone has similar effects with additional orthostatic hypotension. Together they may cause greater sedation and blood pressure lowering.
How serious is the interaction between Moxonidine and Nabilone?
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 pressure including standing measurements and sedation, especially at initiation or dose increases. Counsel patients about driving and rising slowly.
What other medicines interact with Nabilone?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Nabilone with, for example, Alfentanil, Amobarbital, Belladonna and opium. The full list is on the Nabilone page.
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