0 known interactions • 0 major • 0 moderate • 0 minor
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Potentially life-threatening or causing permanent damage. Avoid combination.
May worsen condition or require dose adjustment. Monitor closely.
Usually limited clinical effect. Manage with routine monitoring.
Drug Interactions The occurrence of stupor, muscular rigidity, severe agitation, and elevated temperature has been reported in some patients receiving the combination of selegiline and meperidine. Symptoms usually resolve over days when the combination is discontinued. This is typical of the interaction of meperidine and MAOIs. Other serious reactions (including severe agitation, hallucinations, and death) have been reported in patients receiving this combination (see CONTRAINDICATIONS ). Severe toxicity has also been reported in patients receiving the combination of tricyclic antidepressants and selegiline and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and selegiline. (See WARNINGS for details.) One case of hypertensive crisis has been reported in a patient taking the recommended doses of selegiline and a sympathomimetic medication (ephedrine).
Source: FDA-approved prescribing information. Severity ratings are not assigned in this excerpt — ask your pharmacist to help interpret specific interactions.
Always ask your pharmacist about potential interactions with food, alcohol, and supplements specific to Selegiline Hydrochloride. Some medicines have significant interactions with grapefruit juice, high-fat meals, dairy products, or vitamin K-rich foods.