Drug interactions
Olopatadine intranasal + Trazodone
Severity: Moderate
Olopatadine intranasal and Trazodone: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Both agents can cause sedation, and intranasal olopatadine carries a labeled warning about additive CNS depression with other sedating drugs. Combined use may increase drowsiness and impair psychomotor performance, including driving.
What this interaction means in plain words
Olopatadine intranasal and Trazodone 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 depressant effects from antihistaminic activity of olopatadine and sedating properties of trazodone.
What to do
Counsel patients about additive drowsiness and advise against driving until the response is known. Consider dosing trazodone at bedtime and reduce use of olopatadine if sedation occurs.
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 Olopatadine intranasal with Trazodone?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Olopatadine intranasal and Trazodone 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. Both agents can cause sedation, and intranasal olopatadine carries a labeled warning about additive CNS depression with other sedating drugs. Combined use may increase drowsiness and impair psychomotor performance, including driving.
How serious is the interaction between Olopatadine intranasal and Trazodone?
MediHelp rates it moderate, on a four-level scale (minor, moderate, major, contraindicated) based on published labels and references. What to do, in brief: Counsel patients about additive drowsiness and advise against driving until the response is known. Consider dosing trazodone at bedtime and reduce use of olopatadine if sedation occurs.
What other medicines interact with Trazodone?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Trazodone with, for example, Arsenic trioxide, Ibutilide, Isocarboxazid. The full list is on the Trazodone page.
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