Drug interactions
Octreotide + Telavancin
Severity: Minor
Octreotide and Telavancin: minor interaction.
Last updated
For healthcare professionals — reference only. This page is a brief summary, not medical advice and not a substitute for official labeling or clinical judgement. Always verify before prescribing or dispensing.
Summary
Octreotide can cause bradycardia and QTc prolongation in some patients. With telavancin, the effect on repolarization may be additive, although clinical significance is probably modest.
What this interaction means in plain words
Octreotide and Telavancin have a small, usually unimportant interaction. Most people can take both; the pharmacist may still mention it so that any unexpected effect is recognised.
Octreotide belongs to Endocrine; Telavancin belongs to Anti Bacterial.
Why it happens
Possible additive effects on cardiac repolarization; octreotide may also contribute through bradycardia.
What to do
Monitor ECG in patients with additional QT risk factors, and keep potassium and magnesium within normal range.
What to ask your pharmacist
- Is there anything I should notice while taking both?
- Do I need to tell my doctor at the next visit?
Pro+ members
Unlock the full page
Create an account and start a Pro+ trial to unlock the full management advice for Octreotide and Telavancin, the additional notes, the evidence detail and the whole-prescription interaction checker.
- Full clinical management advice
- Additional notes
- Evidence detail
- Interaction checker for a whole prescription
Try Pro+ free for 14 days on the web. No card needed.
Other interactions of Telavancin
- Telavancin + Thioridazine Contraindicated
- Adagrasib + Telavancin Major
- Amiodarone + Telavancin Major
- Amisulpride + Telavancin Major
- Anagrelide + Telavancin Major
- Arsenic trioxide + Telavancin Major
Other interactions of Octreotide
Frequently asked questions
Can I take Octreotide with Telavancin?
MediHelp rates the interaction as minor. Octreotide and Telavancin have a small, usually unimportant interaction. Most people can take both; the pharmacist may still mention it so that any unexpected effect is recognised. Octreotide can cause bradycardia and QTc prolongation in some patients. With telavancin, the effect on repolarization may be additive, although clinical significance is probably modest.
How serious is the interaction between Octreotide and Telavancin?
MediHelp rates it minor, on a four-level scale (minor, moderate, major, contraindicated) based on published labels and references. What to do, in brief: Monitor ECG in patients with additional QT risk factors, and keep potassium and magnesium within normal range.
What other medicines interact with Telavancin?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Telavancin with, for example, Thioridazine, Adagrasib, Amiodarone. The full list is on the Telavancin page.
Full monographs, dosing and an interaction checker in the MediHelp app
Open the complete reference, check multi-drug interactions and use dosing tools in the MediHelp app.
