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Prior to receiving triptorelin, tell your healthcare provider if you are taking any other medications, such as reserpine, glimepiride, or an antidepressant. Drug interactions with triptorelin could affect how your body handles your medications, and a dosage adjustment may be necessary. Due to the risk of interactions, triptorelin may not be your best choice if you are taking a medication that increases prolactin levels.
Triptorelin pamoate (Trelstar®) may react with a few other medications. Some of the drugs that may lead to interactions with triptorelin include but are not limited to:
- Medications that cause hyperprolactinemia (increased prolactin levels), including:
- Certain antipsychotics, such as:
- Chlorpromazine (Thorazine®)
- Fluphenazine (Prolixin®)
- Haloperidol (Haldol®)
- Molindone (Moban®)
- Paliperidone (Invega®)
- Perphenazine (Trilafon®)
- Risperidone (Risperdal®)
- Thiothixene (Navane®)
- Thioridazine (Mellaril®)
- Trifluoperazine (Stelazine®)
- Certain antidepressants, such as amitriptyline (Elavil®), clomipramine (Anafranil®), and desipramine (Norpramin®)
- Estrogen
- Metoclopramide (Metozolv® ODT, Reglan®)
- Reserpine
- Verapamil (Calan®, Calan SR®, Covera-HS®, Isoptin SR®, Verelan®, Verelan PM®)
- Medications used to treat diabetes, including:
- Alpha-glucosidase inhibitors, such as:
- Bromocriptine (Cycloset™)
- Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors and combination DPP-4 medications, such as:
- Alogliptin (Nesina®), alogliptin and metformin (Kazano®), and alogliptin and pioglitazone (Oseni®)
- Linagliptin (Tradjenta™)
- Linagliptin and metformin (Jentadueto™)
- Saxagliptin (Onglyza™)
- Saxagliptin/metformin ER (Kombiglyze™ XR)
- Sitagliptin (Januvia®)
- Sitagliptin and metformin (Janumet®)
- Sitagliptin and metformin XR (Janumet® XR)
- Glitazones and glitazone combination medications, such as:
- Pioglitazone hydrochloride (Actos®)
- Pioglitazone and glimepiride (Duetact®)
- Pioglitazone and metformin (Actoplus Met®)
- Pioglitazone and metformin XR (Actoplus Met® XR)
- Rosiglitazone (Avandia®)
- Rosiglitazone and glimepiride (Avandaryl®)
- Rosiglitazone and metformin (Avandamet®)
- Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists, such as:
- Exenatide (Byetta®)
- Liraglutide (Victoza®)
- Insulin of any type
- Meglitinides, such as:
- Nateglinide (Starlix®)
- Repaglinide (Prandin®)
- Metformin (Glucophage®, Glucophage XR®, Fortamet®, Glumetza®, Riomet®)
- Sulfonylureas or sulfonylurea combination medications, such as:
- Chlorpropamide (Diabinese®)
- Glimepiride (Amaryl®)
- Glimepiride and pioglitazone (Duetact®)
- Glimepiride and rosiglitazone (Avandaryl®)
- Glipizide (Glucotrol®, Glucotrol XL®)
- Glipizide and metformin (Metaglip®)
- Glyburide (DiaBeta®, Micronase®, Glynase®)
- Glyburide and metformin (Glucovance®)
- Tolazamide (Tolinase®)
- Tolbutamide (Orinase®).