Does Amiodarone Interact With Fluoxetine?

This is generally a minor interaction, but review it with your pharmacist to be sure it is safe for you.

Interactions like this one can happen when two medicines have overlapping effects, or when one changes how the other is absorbed, broken down, or cleared from the body. Amiodarone is a class iii antiarrhythmic and Fluoxetine is a ssri antidepressant; together they are documented as a minor interaction. How much this matters depends on your dose, your other medications, and your overall health.

If you have been prescribed both Amiodarone and Fluoxetine, do not start, stop, or change either medication on your own — some medicines are unsafe to stop suddenly. Tell your prescriber and pharmacist that you take both so they can decide whether the combination is right for you, adjust the dose, monitor you more closely, or suggest an alternative.

These include: specific antipsychotics (e.g., ziprasidone, iloperidone, chlorpromazine, mesoridazine, droperidol); specific antibiotics (e.g., erythromycin, gatifloxacin, moxifloxacin, sparfloxacin); Class 1A antiarrhythmic medications (e.g., quinidine, procainamide); Class III antiarrhythmics (e.g., amiodarone, sotalol); and others (e.g., pentamidine, levomethadyl acetate, methadone, halofantrine, mefloquine, dolasetron mesylate, probucol or tacrolimus).

Source: FDA structured product labeling (set_id 02283de9-6087-45f7-a9ce-3b082ce860de).