Betaxolol Oral

Betaxolol Oral Interactions

Your healthcare professionals (e.g., doctor or pharmacist) may already be aware of any possible drug interactions and may be monitoring you for it. Do not start, stop or change the dosage of any medicine before checking with them first.

Before using this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist of all prescription and nonprescription/herbal products you may use, especially of:

• calcium channel blockers (e.g., diltiazem, nifedipine, verapamil)
• drugs for diabetes (e.g., glipizide, glyburide, insulin)
• epinephrine
• fenoldopam
• general anesthesia
• other heart drugs (e.g., digoxin)
• other drugs to treat high blood pressure (e.g., clonidine, reserpine)
• St John's wort
• "water pills" (diuretics such as furosemide, hydrochlorothiazide)

Check the labels on all your medicines (e.g., cough-and-cold products, diet aids, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs-NSAIDs such as ibuprofen for pain/fever reduction) because they may contain ingredients that could increase your blood pressure. Ask your pharmacist about the safe use of those products.

This medication may interfere with glaucoma screening tests, possibly causing false test results. Make sure your eye doctor knows you use this drug.

This document does not contain all possible interactions. Therefore, before using this product, tell your doctor or pharmacist of all the products you use. Keep a list of all your medications with you, and share the list with your doctor and pharmacist.

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