Drug interactions
Pseudoephedrine + Salbutamol
Severity: Moderate
Pseudoephedrine and Salbutamol: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Both drugs are sympathomimetics and together can add to increases in heart rate and blood pressure, as well as tremor and nervousness. This is of greater concern in patients with hypertension, arrhythmias, or ischemic heart disease.
What this interaction means in plain words
Pseudoephedrine and Salbutamol 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.
Pseudoephedrine belongs to Respiratory; Salbutamol belongs to Respiratory.
Why it happens
Additive adrenergic stimulation of cardiovascular and central nervous system receptors.
What to do
Monitor blood pressure and heart rate and avoid pseudoephedrine in patients with uncontrolled hypertension or cardiac disease. Counsel patients to report palpitations or chest pain.
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 Salbutamol
Other interactions of Pseudoephedrine
- Isocarboxazid + Pseudoephedrine Contraindicated
- Phenelzine + Pseudoephedrine Contraindicated
- Pseudoephedrine + Rasagiline Contraindicated
- Pseudoephedrine + Selegiline Contraindicated
- Pseudoephedrine + Selegiline transdermal Contraindicated
- Pseudoephedrine + Tranylcypromine Contraindicated
Frequently asked questions
Can I take Pseudoephedrine with Salbutamol?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Pseudoephedrine and Salbutamol 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 drugs are sympathomimetics and together can add to increases in heart rate and blood pressure, as well as tremor and nervousness. This is of greater concern in patients with hypertension, arrhythmias, or ischemic heart disease.
How serious is the interaction between Pseudoephedrine and Salbutamol?
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 and heart rate and avoid pseudoephedrine in patients with uncontrolled hypertension or cardiac disease. Counsel patients to report palpitations or chest pain.
What other medicines interact with Salbutamol?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Salbutamol with, for example, Arsenic trioxide, Carvedilol, Droperidol. The full list is on the Salbutamol page.
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