Drug interactions
Oxazepam + Ziconotide
Severity: Moderate
Oxazepam and Ziconotide: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Ziconotide can cause sedation, dizziness, confusion and reduced consciousness, and a benzodiazepine can add to these effects. Cognitive and neuropsychiatric adverse effects of intrathecal ziconotide may be harder to recognize or may be worsened.
What this interaction means in plain words
Oxazepam 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.
Oxazepam belongs to Central Nervous System; Ziconotide belongs to Central Nervous System.
Why it happens
Additive CNS depression; ziconotide blocks N-type calcium channels while oxazepam enhances GABA-A activity.
What to do
Monitor for sedation and changes in mental status, especially during ziconotide titration. Reduce the oxazepam dose or slow ziconotide titration if cognitive impairment develops.
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 Oxazepam
- Calcium / magnesium / potassium / sodium oxybates + Oxazepam Contraindicated
- Oxazepam + Sodium oxybate Contraindicated
- Alfentanil + Oxazepam Major
- Amobarbital + Oxazepam Major
- Baclofen + Oxazepam Major
- Belladonna and opium + Oxazepam Major
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 Oxazepam with Ziconotide?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Oxazepam 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 can cause sedation, dizziness, confusion and reduced consciousness, and a benzodiazepine can add to these effects. Cognitive and neuropsychiatric adverse effects of intrathecal ziconotide may be harder to recognize or may be worsened.
How serious is the interaction between Oxazepam 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 sedation and changes in mental status, especially during ziconotide titration. Reduce the oxazepam dose or slow ziconotide titration if cognitive impairment develops.
What other medicines interact with Oxazepam?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Oxazepam with, for example, Calcium / magnesium / potassium / sodium oxybates, Sodium oxybate, Alfentanil. The full list is on the Oxazepam page.
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