Posted by Elizabeth on May 3, 2002, at 2:41:02
In reply to Trileptal-Prozac Interaction? Cam--any insight?, posted by lizbeth on April 30, 2002, at 14:29:24
Hi. I take Trileptal (600 mg in the morning and at bedtime). It's a different drug than Tegretol, not just a new version of the same drug. It lacks many of the side effects and interactions that are common with Tegretol. Although it does still interact with some things (notably, birth control pills), I don't know of any reason why it should interact with Prozac. The manufacturers' monographs for Prozac and Trileptal don't mention any interaction, either.
> Compounding things, I think I may be one of those "poor metabolizers" with a funky P450 system because it always seems like need lower doses with meds that hit that site.
That shouldn't matter if you're taking Prozac. (The metabolic quirk you're referring to is a deficiency -- genetically inherited -- in the cytochrome enzyme P450 2D6, which is inhibited by Prozac anyway.)
-elizabeth
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