Drug interactions
Rimabotulinumtoxinb + Vecuronium
Severity: Moderate
Rimabotulinumtoxinb and Vecuronium: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Botulinum toxin causes local or, rarely, systemic muscle weakness, and neuromuscular blockers add to this effect. The combination may lead to excessive weakness, including swallowing and breathing difficulty.
What this interaction means in plain words
Rimabotulinumtoxinb and Vecuronium 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.
Rimabotulinumtoxinb belongs to Musculoskeletal; Vecuronium belongs to Musculoskeletal.
Why it happens
Additive impairment of neuromuscular transmission, presynaptic with the toxin and postsynaptic with vecuronium.
What to do
Use train-of-four monitoring and reduced vecuronium doses if the patient had recent botulinum toxin treatment, and watch for respiratory and bulbar weakness.
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 Vecuronium
Other interactions of Rimabotulinumtoxinb
- Amikacin + Rimabotulinumtoxinb Moderate
- Amitriptyline + Rimabotulinumtoxinb Moderate
- Atracurium + Rimabotulinumtoxinb Moderate
- Atropine + Rimabotulinumtoxinb Moderate
- Baclofen + Rimabotulinumtoxinb Moderate
- Benztropine + Rimabotulinumtoxinb Moderate
Frequently asked questions
Can I take Rimabotulinumtoxinb with Vecuronium?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Rimabotulinumtoxinb and Vecuronium 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. Botulinum toxin causes local or, rarely, systemic muscle weakness, and neuromuscular blockers add to this effect. The combination may lead to excessive weakness, including swallowing and breathing difficulty.
How serious is the interaction between Rimabotulinumtoxinb and Vecuronium?
MediHelp rates it moderate, on a four-level scale (minor, moderate, major, contraindicated) based on published labels and references. What to do, in brief: Use train-of-four monitoring and reduced vecuronium doses if the patient had recent botulinum toxin treatment, and watch for respiratory and bulbar weakness.
What other medicines interact with Vecuronium?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Vecuronium with, for example, Amikacin, Bacitracin-neomycin-polymyxin, Capreomycin. The full list is on the Vecuronium page.
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