Drug Interactions With Pramipexole

Certain drug interactions with pramipexole may increase your risk of side effects or cause your body to metabolize the drug differently than intended. Therefore, it is important that your healthcare provider be aware of any other medications you are taking. Substances that can cause potentially negative drug interactions with pramipexole include alcohol, antipsychotics, and medications that contain levodopa.

Pramipexole Dihydrochloride Information

Drug Interactions With Pramipexole: An Overview

Pramipexole dihydrochloride (Mirapex^®) can potentially interact with several different medications. Some of the medicines that may lead to drug interactions with pramipexole include:

Alcohol
Antipsychotics
Cimetidine (Tagamet^®)
Diltiazem (Cardizem^®, Cardizem CD^®, Cardizem LA^®, Cartia XT^®, Dilacor XR^®, Dilt-CD^®, Diltia XT^®, Dilt-XR^®, Taztia XT^®, Tiazac^®)
Medications that contain levodopa (Parcopa^®, Sinemet^®, Sinemet^® CR, Stalevo^®)
Metoclopramide (Reglan^®)
Quinidine
Quinine
Ranitidine (Zantac^®)
Triamterene (Dyrenium^®) or triamterene/HCTZ (Dyazide^®, Maxzide^®)
Verapamil (Calan^®, Calan SR^®, Covera-HS^®, Isoptin SR^®, Verelan^®, Verelan PM^®).

More Information on Interactions With Pramipexole

The following sections explain in detail the potentially negative interactions that can occur when pramipexole is combined with any of the drugs listed above.

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