Drug interactions
Nabilone + Ziconotide
Severity: Moderate
Nabilone and Ziconotide: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Ziconotide commonly causes dizziness, confusion and sedation, and it carries a risk of serious psychiatric and neurological effects. Nabilone can add to the sedation and cognitive impairment.
What this interaction means in plain words
Nabilone 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.
Nabilone belongs to Gastrointestinal Tract; Ziconotide belongs to Central Nervous System.
Why it happens
Additive CNS depressant and cognitive effects of a cannabinoid agonist and an intrathecal N-type calcium channel blocker.
What to do
Monitor for oversedation, confusion and mood changes, and reduce or stop either drug if cognitive impairment appears. Ziconotide should be stopped for serious psychiatric or neurological symptoms.
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 Nabilone
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 Nabilone with Ziconotide?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Nabilone 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 commonly causes dizziness, confusion and sedation, and it carries a risk of serious psychiatric and neurological effects. Nabilone can add to the sedation and cognitive impairment.
How serious is the interaction between Nabilone 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 oversedation, confusion and mood changes, and reduce or stop either drug if cognitive impairment appears. Ziconotide should be stopped for serious psychiatric or neurological symptoms.
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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