FPGEE Foreign Pharmacy

Category - Clinical

A patient is on cetirizine and paroxetine. Which of the following interactions between the two drugs is most likely?
  1. Additive CNS effects
  2. Decreased absorption of the cetirizine
  3. Diminished CNS effects
  4. None of the above - there are no interactions likely
Explanation
Answer: A − Cetirizine, a Histamine-1 receptor antagonist, is most likely to have additive CNS effects with paroxetine, an SSRI.
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