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Drug Interactions With Solifenacin Succinate
Medicines that may cause drug interactions with solifenacin succinate include pramlintide, protease inhibitors, anticholinergic drugs, and certain antifungals or antibiotics. These interactions can increase the level of solifenacin succinate in your blood, reduce the medications' effectiveness, and increase your risk for side effects. To help prevent drug interactions with solifenacin succinate, talk to your healthcare provider before taking other medicines.
Solifenacin succinate (VESIcare®) can potentially interact with several other medicines. Some of the medicines that may lead to solifenacin succinate drug interactions include:
- Acetylcholinesterase inhibitor medications, such as:
- Donepezil (Aricept®)
- Galantamine (Razadyne™)
- Rivastigmine (Exelon®)
- Tacrine (Cognex®)
- Anticholinergic drugs, such as:
- Atropine
- Belladonna (Donnatal®, B&O Supprettes®, Bellamine S®)
- Benztropine (Cogentin®)
- Clidinium (Librax®)
- Clozapine (Clozaril®)
- Darifenacin (Enablex®)
- Dicyclomine (Bentyl®)
- Diphenhydramine (Benadryl®, Tylenol PM®)
- Glycopyrrolate (Robinul®)
- Haloperidol (Haldol®)
- Homatropine (Hycodan®)
- Hyoscyamine (Levsin®)
- Ipratropium (Atrovent®)
- Oxybutynin (Ditropan®, Ditropan XL®, Oxytrol®)
- Scopolamine (Transderm Scop®)
- Tiotropium (Spiriva®)
- Tolterodine (Detrol®, Detrol® LA)
- Trospium (Sanctura®)
- Certain antifungals or antibiotics, such as:
- Clarithromycin (Biaxin®)
- Erythromycin (Ery-Tab®)
- Isoniazid (Nydrazid®)
- Itraconazole (Sporanox®)
- Ketoconazole (Nizoral®)
- Telithromycin (Ketek®)
- Medications that cause an irregular heart rhythm called QT prolongation (see QT-Prolonging Medications), such as:
- Alfuzosin (Uroxatral®)
- Amoxapine
- Apomorphine (Apokyn®)
- Chloroquine (Aralen®)
- Certain anesthetics
- Certain antibiotics
- Certain arrhythmia medications
- Certain cancer medications
- Certain nausea and vomiting medications
- Certain phenothiazine or antipsychotic medications
- Cisapride (Propulsid®)
- Cyclobenzaprine (Flexeril®, Fexmid™)
- Maprotiline (Ludiomil®)
- Methadone (Dolophine®)
- Octreotide (Sandostatin®)
- Pentamidine (NebuPent®, Pentam®)
- Ranolazine (Ranexa®)
- Tacrolimus (Prograf®)
- Vardenafil (Levitra®, Staxyn™)
- Pramlintide (Symlin®)
- Protease inhibitors, such as:
- Amprenavir (Agenerase®)
- Atazanavir (Reyataz®)
- Fosamprenavir (Lexiva®)
- Indinavir (Crixivan®)
- Nelfinavir (Viracept®)
- Ritonavir (Norvir®)
- Saquinavir (Invirase®).
Written by/reviewed by: Kristi Monson, PharmD; Arthur Schoenstadt, MD
Last reviewed by: Kristi Monson, PharmD




