Drug interactions
Prednisolone + Testosterone
Severity: Moderate
Prednisolone and Testosterone: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Both corticosteroids and androgens promote sodium and water retention. Used together they can add to fluid accumulation and edema, which is most troublesome in patients with heart failure, kidney disease or liver disease.
What this interaction means in plain words
Prednisolone and Testosterone 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.
Prednisolone belongs to Endocrine; Testosterone belongs to Endocrine.
Why it happens
Additive sodium and fluid retention from mineralocorticoid activity of the corticosteroid and the androgenic effect of testosterone.
What to do
Monitor body weight, edema and blood pressure, especially in patients with cardiac, renal or hepatic disease. Reduce the dose or add diuretic therapy if fluid retention 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 Prednisolone
- Bcg vaccine live + Prednisolone Contraindicated
- Measles mumps and rubella vaccine live + Prednisolone Contraindicated
- Measles mumps rubella and varicella vaccine live + Prednisolone Contraindicated
- Measles vaccine + Prednisolone Contraindicated
- Mifepristone + Prednisolone Contraindicated
- Prednisolone + Radium-223 dichloride Contraindicated
Other interactions of Testosterone
- Testosterone + Warfarin Major
- Androstenedione + Testosterone Moderate
- Betamethasone + Testosterone Moderate
- Carbamazepine + Testosterone Moderate
- Corticotropin + Testosterone Moderate
- Cortisone + Testosterone Moderate
Frequently asked questions
Can I take Prednisolone with Testosterone?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Prednisolone and Testosterone 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 corticosteroids and androgens promote sodium and water retention. Used together they can add to fluid accumulation and edema, which is most troublesome in patients with heart failure, kidney disease or liver disease.
How serious is the interaction between Prednisolone and Testosterone?
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 body weight, edema and blood pressure, especially in patients with cardiac, renal or hepatic disease. Reduce the dose or add diuretic therapy if fluid retention develops.
What other medicines interact with Prednisolone?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Prednisolone with, for example, Bcg vaccine live, Measles mumps and rubella vaccine live, Measles mumps rubella and varicella vaccine live. The full list is on the Prednisolone page.
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