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Does Mucinex Interact With Escitalopram?

Posted on Tue, 24 May 2016

Question: Hello, I took escitalopram last night and mucinex for my cold today? I am reading that there is an interaction between the two and I am scared. What should i do?

Answered by Dr. Bonnie Berger-Durnbaugh (13 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Information:

Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome,

Plain Mucinex is the drug guaifenesin and I cannot find interactions between guaifenesin and escitalopram on my drug interaction checker.

Where did you read that there are interactions between these two? What interaction did you find? And are you having problems today from taking both? Because I have prescribed these 2 together many times and there are no problems.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Bonnie Berger-Durnbaugh (4 minutes later)

Hi,

Thank you for your answer. I googles escitalopram information and found mucinex under major drug interactions. I am taking mucinex maximum strength sinus XXXXXXX is thia different thn plain mucinex? In thw drug interaction it said that it can increase a condition called serotonin syndrome. Should i be concerned?

Answered by Dr. Bonnie Berger-Durnbaugh (6 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Which of these?

Detailed Answer:
Which of these is your Mucinex? Thanks.

Mucinex Fast-Max Severe Congestion & Cough (dextromethorphan / guaifenesin / phenylephrine)
Mucinex Sinus-Max Full Force (oxymetazoline nasal)
Mucinex Children's Cough (dextromethorphan / guaifenesin)
Mucinex Maximum Strength (guaifenesin)
Mucinex D Maximum Strength (guaifenesin / pseudoephedrine)
Mucinex Sinus-Max Day Time Severe Congestion Relief (acetaminophen / guaifenesin / phenylephrine)
Mucinex DM Maximum Strength (dextromethorphan / guaifenesin)

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Bonnie Berger-Durnbaugh (4 minutes later)

Mine is Mucinex sinus XXXXXXX pressure and pain. It says acetaminophen-pain reliever, guaifenesin-expectorant, phenylephrine HCI- nasal decongestant.

Answered by Dr. Bonnie Berger-Durnbaugh (40 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Still no interactions

Detailed Answer:
I looked up each of the drugs:
escitalopram
acetaminophen
guaifenesin
phenylephrine

There are no significant interactions between these.

I have given this combination to my teenage daughter.

There should be no problem with these. It is possible, for medications that use the same liver enzymes for being processed to bump up the dose of the other medications slightly. But really this is an innocuous combination. If it were a problem, the manufacturers of the Mucinex preparation would have to list escitalopram or the class of SSRIs on their packaging as a warning to not combine these.

So I think you are quite safe.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar