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. 2022 Dec;23(4):459–466. doi: 10.30476/DENTJODS.2021.91067.1549

Table 4.

Drugs with the highest number of interactions from each drug category with the common dental drugs

Disease Drug Amox Pen Met Pril Epi Ibu Lid Ace Flu Acy Dia
Antihypertensive losartan mo mo mo
Antiglycemic Glibenclamide mo mo ma
Antihyperlipidemic Rosuvastatin Atorvastatin mo mi mi
mo ma ma
Heart Disease Drugs Warfarin mo ma mo ma mi ma
(DMARDs) Methotrexate ma ma ma mo mo mo
Gastrointestinal Disease Drugs Famotidine Omepraole mi mi mi mi mo mo mo
mo
Neurological and Depression Sertraline mi mo mo mo mo mi
Osteoporosis Alendronate mo
Analgesia Celecoxib Diclofenac mo mo mo mo
mo mo
+Hypothyroidism Levothyroxine mo
High Uric Acid Allopurinol mi
Prostate Tamsulosin mo mo mo
Kidney failure Furosemide mo mo
Asthma Fluticasone/Salmetrol mi mi mi mi mi mo mi mi mi mo mi mo
Symbicort spray mi mi mi mi mo mo mi mi mo mi mi
Alzheimer Yasnal mo mi mi mi
Multiple Sclerosis Tizanidine mi mo ma mo
Sleep Disorders Chlordiazpoxide mo mo mo mo
Alprazolam mo mo ma ma
Epilepsy Carbamazepine mo mi mo mo mo mo
Liver Cyst Albendazole mi
Parkinson Levodopa mo mo mo

DMARDs =Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, mo=moderate, ma=major, mi=minor

Amox=Amoxicillin, Pen=Penicillin, Met= Metronidazole, Pril= Prilocaine, Epi=Epinephrine

Ibu= Ibuprofen, Lid= Lidocaine, Ace= Acetaminophen, Flu+ Fluconazole, Acy=Acyclovir, Dia=Diazepam