Can you take cough medicine with Depakote? – MVOrganizing
Can you take cough medicine with Depakote?
Can I take antihistamine with dexamethasone?
What drugs does dexamethasone interact with?
Can dexamethasone cause psychosis?
How long should you take dexamethasone for Covid 19?
Interactions between your drugs No interactions were found between Depakote and Mucinex. This does not necessarily mean no interactions exist. Always consult your healthcare provider.
No interactions were found between Benadryl and dexamethasone. This does not necessarily mean no interactions exist. Always consult your healthcare provider.
Some products that may interact with this drug include: aldesleukin, drugs that can cause bleeding/bruising (including antiplatelet drugs such as clopidogrel, “blood thinners” such as dabigatran/warfarin, NSAIDs such as aspirin/celecoxib/ibuprofen), mifepristone.
Dexamethasone belongs to the long acting corticosteroid commonly used in treating a variety of diseases including inflammatory, neoplastic, rheumatologic, allergic diseases. Chronic treatment with high dose of dexamethasone is reported to induce psychiatric symptoms including mania, psychosis, depression; etc.
Dexamethasone. Dexamethasone is a steroid drug that has proven benefit in reducing the swelling (oedema) caused by some brain tumours. Swelling associated with brain tumours may contribute to the symptoms produced by the tumour including headaches and neurological deficits (such as weakness and loss of speech).
The medicine will start to work within an hour but it may take up to 4 hours for your child’s breathing to return to normal.
Time and duration of medication should be once daily for 7-10 days. Daily dose should be 6 mg of dexamethasone, equivalent to 160 mg of hydrocortisone (i.e. 50 mg every 8 hours or 100 mg every 12 hours), 40 mg of prednisone, 32 mg of methylprednisolone (8 mg every 6 hours).
If you take dexamethasone for longer than 3 weeks, or you take more than 6mg a day, your doctor or pharmacist will give you a blue steroid treatment card.
methylPREDNISolone food Grapefruit juice may increase the blood levels of certain medications such as methylPREDNISolone. You may want to limit your consumption of grapefruit and grapefruit juice during treatment with methylPREDNISolone.