Drug interactions
Nabumetone + Torsemide
Severity: Moderate
Nabumetone and Torsemide: moderate interaction.
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Summary
NSAIDs can blunt the diuretic and natriuretic action of loop diuretics such as torsemide. This may cause fluid retention, worsen heart failure or hypertension, and, particularly with volume depletion, contribute to acute kidney injury.
What this interaction means in plain words
Nabumetone and Torsemide 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.
Nabumetone belongs to Musculoskeletal; Torsemide belongs to Cardiovascular.
Why it happens
NSAIDs inhibit renal prostaglandin synthesis, which reduces renal blood flow and sodium excretion and so opposes loop diuretic effects.
What to do
Monitor blood pressure, weight, edema and renal function, and increase the diuretic dose if response is reduced. Use the lowest NSAID dose for the shortest time, or choose a non-NSAID analgesic.
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 Nabumetone with Torsemide?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Nabumetone and Torsemide 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. NSAIDs can blunt the diuretic and natriuretic action of loop diuretics such as torsemide. This may cause fluid retention, worsen heart failure or hypertension, and, particularly with volume depletion, contribute to acute kidney injury.
How serious is the interaction between Nabumetone and Torsemide?
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, weight, edema and renal function, and increase the diuretic dose if response is reduced. Use the lowest NSAID dose for the shortest time, or choose a non-NSAID analgesic.
What other medicines interact with Nabumetone?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Nabumetone with, for example, Ketorolac intranasal, Ketorolac, Aceclofenac. The full list is on the Nabumetone page.
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