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Interações medicamentosas

Amlodipine-atorvastatin + Carbidopa

Gravidade: Moderada

Amlodipine-atorvastatin and Carbidopa: moderate interaction.

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Resumo

Carbidopa, usually given with levodopa, can enhance the blood pressure lowering effect of antihypertensives, and orthostatic hypotension may occur. Carbidopa alone has little direct effect, and the effect is mainly from levodopa.

O que esta interação significa em palavras simples

Amlodipine-atorvastatin and Carbidopa 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.

Amlodipine-atorvastatin belongs to Cardiovascular; Carbidopa belongs to Central Nervous System.

Nível de evidência: Low

Por que acontece

Additive hypotensive effects from dopaminergic therapy and calcium channel blockade.

O que fazer

Monitor blood pressure and orthostatic symptoms when starting levodopa/carbidopa, and reduce the amlodipine dose if hypotension occurs.

O que perguntar ao farmacêutico

  • 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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Perguntas frequentes

Can I take Amlodipine-atorvastatin with Carbidopa?

MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Amlodipine-atorvastatin and Carbidopa 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. Carbidopa, usually given with levodopa, can enhance the blood pressure lowering effect of antihypertensives, and orthostatic hypotension may occur. Carbidopa alone has little direct effect, and the effect is mainly from levodopa.

How serious is the interaction between Amlodipine-atorvastatin and Carbidopa?

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 orthostatic symptoms when starting levodopa/carbidopa, and reduce the amlodipine dose if hypotension occurs.

What other medicines interact with Amlodipine-atorvastatin?

MediHelp also lists interactions of Amlodipine-atorvastatin with, for example, Amifostine, Apalutamide, Atazanavir. The full list is on the Amlodipine-atorvastatin page.

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