Carvedilol should be used with caution at the same time:
- with funds depleting supplies of catecholamines (reserpine, MAO inhibitors). possible pronounced bradycardia and lowering blood pressure;
- with blockers of "slow" calcium channels (verapamil, diltiazem) and antiarrhythmic drugs (especially I class), because they can provoke a marked decrease in blood pressure and heart failure. In / in the administration of these drugs in conjunction with the use of carvedilol is contraindicated.
- with alpha and beta-adrenomimetics because of the possibility of increasing blood pressure, expressed reflex bradycardia and asystole, as well as reducing β-adrenoblocking action of carvedilol;
- clonidine and carvedilol can enhance the ability of each other to reduce blood pressure and heart rate; When combined, the cancellation should be done gradually: at first it is excluded carvedilol, then, in a few days, the clone dine can be gradually phased out;
- with digoxin, t. slows down AV conductivity;
- with insulin and hypoglycemic agents for oral administration because of the increase hypotensive action and masking of symptoms of hypoglycemia;
- with nitrates and hypotensive drugs (clonidine, guanethidine, methyldopa, guanfacine and others) because of the intensification of hypotensive action and a decrease in heart rate;
- with funds for anesthesia due to their negative inotropic action and hypotensive effect;
- with agents that affect the central nervous system (hypnotics, tranquilizers, tricyclic antidepressants and ethyl alcohol), because of the possibility of mutual enhancement of effects;
- with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs due to a decrease in hypotensive effect due to decreased production of prostaglandins;
- with ergotamine: it is necessary to take into account the vasoconstrictive effect of ergotamine;
- with xanthine derivatives (aminophylline, theophylline) due to a decrease in β-adrenergic blocking action.
Because the carvedilol is subjected to oxidative metabolism, its pharmacokinetics can change with the induction or inhibition of the enzymatic system of cytochrome P450, therefore the influence of:
- Rifampicin, t.there is a 70% reduction in serum carvedilol concentrations;
- barbiturates, tk. they reduce the action of carvedilol;
- inhibitors of isoenzyme CYP2D6 (quinidine, fluoxetine, paroxetine, propafenone): we can assume an increase in concentration R(+) carvedilol enantiomer;
- cimetidine, t.p. it increases the bioavailability of carvedilol by 30%.
Carvedilol delays the metabolism of cyclosporine, increases the concentration of digoxin in the blood plasma.