Buprenorphine and naloxone and Venlafaxine interaction
Buprenorphine and naloxone and Venlafaxine: both prescribing labels flag this combination with the strongest language, such as a contraindication, a boxed warning, or an instruction to avoid it.
Do not combine without a prescriber's guidance. The label language below is the strongest FDA uses.
What the FDA labels say
From the Buprenorphine and naloxone label · effective 2026-06-16
Serotonergic Drugs: Concomitant use may result in serotonin syndrome.
The risk of combining buprenorphine with other QT-prolonging agents is not known.
Intervention: None Serotonergic Drugs Clinical Impact: The concomitant use of opioids with other drugs that affect the serotonergic neurotransmitter system has resulted in serotonin syndrome.
Examples: Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors, tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs), triptans, 5-HT3 receptor antagonists, drugs that affect the serotonin neurotransmitter system (e.g., mirtazapine, trazodone, tramadol), certain muscle relaxants (i.e., cyclobenzaprine, metaxalone), monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors…
From the Venlafaxine (Venlafaxine Hydrochloride) label · effective 2025-01-31
Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOIs) [See Dosage and Administration ( 2.6 and 2.7 ), Contraindications ( 4.1 ), and Warnings and Precautions ( 5.2 ) . ] 7.10 Other Serotonergic Drugs The concomitant use of serotonergic drugs (including other SNRIs, SSRIs, triptans, tricyclic antidepressants, opioids, lithium, buspirone, amphetamines, tryptophan, and St.
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