Metoclopramide: What Other Drugs Will Affect Metoclopramide

Content provided by Cerner Multum, Inc.

What other drugs will affect metoclopramide?

Before taking metoclopramide, tell your doctor if you are taking any of the following medicines:

• acetaminophen (Tylenol);
• cyclosporine (Gengraf, Neoral, Sandimmune);
• digoxin (digitalis, Lanoxin);
• glycopyrrolate (Robinul);
• levodopa (Larodopa, Atamet, Parcopa, Sinemet);
• mepenzolate (Cantil);
• tetracycline (Brodspec, Panmycin, Robitet, Sumycin, Tetracap, and others);
• atropine (Donnatal, and others), benztropine (Cogentin), dimenhydrinate (Dramamine), methscopolamine (Pamine), or scopolamine (Transderm-Scop);
• bladder or urinary medications such as darifenacin (Enablex), tolterodine (Detrol), or solifenacin (Vesicare);
• bronchodilators such as ipratroprium (Atrovent) or tiotropium (Spiriva);
• irritable bowel medications such as dicyclomine (Bentyl), hyoscyamine (Anaspaz, Cystospaz, Levsin), or propantheline (Pro-Banthine); or
• an MAO inhibitor such as isocarboxazid (Marplan), phenelzine (Nardil), rasagiline (Azilect), selegiline (Eldepryl, Emsam), or tranylcypromine (Parnate).

This list is not complete and there may be other drugs that can interact with metoclopramide. Tell your doctor about all your prescription and over-the-counter medications, vitamins, minerals, herbal products, and drugs prescribed by other doctors. Do not start a new medication without telling your doctor.

Last updated:	October 23, 2007