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Can you take Cymbalta and Lamictal at the same time?

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Can you take Cymbalta and Lamictal at the same time?

There is a potential major drug interaction between Lamictal, Trazodone and Cymbalta. These drugs taken together may cause a rare but serious condition called serotonin syndrome. Symptoms of the serotonin syndrome include mental status changes such as irritability, confusion, hallucinations, and coma.

Does Abilify interact with Lamictal?

Interactions between your drugs Using lamoTRIgine together with ARIPiprazole may increase side effects such as dizziness, drowsiness, confusion, and difficulty concentrating. Some people, especially the elderly, may also experience impairment in thinking, judgment, and motor coordination.

Do Cymbalta and Abilify work well together?

Interactions between your drugs DULoxetine may increase the blood levels of ARIPiprazole. This can increase the risk and/or severity of side effects such as drowsiness, seizure, Parkinson-like symptoms, abnormal muscle movements, and low blood pressure.

What antidepressant works best with Lamictal?

Pilot studies have reported the augmentation therapy of lamotrigine with SSRI’s (fluoxetine and paroxetine) to be well tolerated and far more superior in efficacy than that of SSRI monotherapy (Normann et al., 2002; Barbosa et al., 2003).

What medicine can you not take with Lamictal?

What Other Medications May Interact With Lamotrigine?

  • Anticonvulsants such as phenytoin (Dilantin®), carbamazepine (Tegretol®/Carbatrol®/Equetro®), phenobarbital, and primidone (Mysoline®)
  • Oral contraceptives (birth control pills)
  • Rifampin (Rifadin®), ritonavir (Norvir®)

What antidepressants can be taken with Abilify?

You will receive aripiprazole (Abilify) and one of the following SSRI antidepressant medications that will be determined by the study doctor and you: sertraline (Zoloft), citalapram (Celexa), or escitalopram (Lexapro).

Can Cymbalta and Zoloft be used together?

Using sertraline together with DULoxetine can increase the risk of a rare but serious condition called the serotonin syndrome, which may include symptoms such as confusion, hallucination, seizure, extreme changes in blood pressure, increased heart rate, fever, excessive sweating, shivering or shaking, blurred vision.

What antidepressants can you take with Abilify?