Drug interactions
Succinylcholine + Thalidomide
Severity: Moderate
Succinylcholine and Thalidomide: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Succinylcholine can provoke bradycardia through muscarinic stimulation, particularly after repeated doses. Thalidomide's own bradycardic tendency may add to this during anesthesia.
What this interaction means in plain words
Succinylcholine and Thalidomide 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.
Succinylcholine belongs to Musculoskeletal; Thalidomide belongs to Miscellaneous.
Why it happens
Additive pharmacodynamic bradycardic effects; succinylcholine stimulates cardiac muscarinic receptors.
What to do
Inform the anesthesia team of thalidomide therapy and monitor ECG and heart rate during induction. Have an anticholinergic such as atropine available.
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 Succinylcholine with Thalidomide?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Succinylcholine and Thalidomide 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. Succinylcholine can provoke bradycardia through muscarinic stimulation, particularly after repeated doses. Thalidomide's own bradycardic tendency may add to this during anesthesia.
How serious is the interaction between Succinylcholine and Thalidomide?
MediHelp rates it moderate, on a four-level scale (minor, moderate, major, contraindicated) based on published labels and references. What to do, in brief: Inform the anesthesia team of thalidomide therapy and monitor ECG and heart rate during induction. Have an anticholinergic such as atropine available.
What other medicines interact with Thalidomide?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Thalidomide with, for example, Bortezomib, Carbamazepine, Griseofulvin. The full list is on the Thalidomide page.
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