Droperidol and Nortriptyline interaction
Droperidol and Nortriptyline: the Droperidol prescribing label describes an interaction that usually calls for monitoring, a dose change, or spacing the doses.
Usually manageable with monitoring or a dose change. Tell your pharmacist you take both.
What the FDA labels say
From the Droperidol label · effective 2023-03-20
Possible pharmacodynamic interactions can occur between droperidol and potentially arrhythmogenic agents such as class I or III antiarrhythmics, antihistamines that prolong the QT interval, antimalarials, calcium channel blockers, neuroleptics that prolong the QT interval, and antidepressants.
Following the administration of droperidol, the dose of other CNS depressant drugs should be reduced.
As with other CNS depressant drugs, patients who have received droperidol should have appropriate surveillance.
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