Drug interactions
Moxonidine + Sevoflurane
Severity: Moderate
Moxonidine and Sevoflurane: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Moxonidine is a centrally acting antihypertensive that causes some sedation and lowers blood pressure and heart rate. With sevoflurane, this may cause more sedation, reduced anesthetic requirements and hypotension or bradycardia.
What this interaction means in plain words
Moxonidine and Sevoflurane 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 sedation and sympatholytic effects through central imidazoline and alpha-2 receptor activity combined with anesthetic vasodilation.
What to do
Monitor blood pressure and heart rate during anesthesia and titrate sevoflurane to effect. Be prepared to treat hypotension with fluids or vasopressors.
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 Sevoflurane?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Moxonidine and Sevoflurane 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 causes some sedation and lowers blood pressure and heart rate. With sevoflurane, this may cause more sedation, reduced anesthetic requirements and hypotension or bradycardia.
How serious is the interaction between Moxonidine and Sevoflurane?
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 and heart rate during anesthesia and titrate sevoflurane to effect. Be prepared to treat hypotension with fluids or vasopressors.
What other medicines interact with Sevoflurane?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Sevoflurane with, for example, Amiodarone, Amisulpride, Arsenic trioxide. The full list is on the Sevoflurane page.
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