Volume 18, Number 4, 329-330, DOI: 10.1023/B:CARD.0000041254.15807.98

Severe Sinus Bradycardia after Initiation of Bupropion Therapy: A Probable Drug-Drug Interaction with Metoprolol

David L. McCollum, Jerica L. Greene and Darren K. McGuire

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Abstract

Bupropion is an increasingly prescribed agent to aid in smoking cessation. However it has important drug-drug interactions related to the cytochrome P450 system. One of these is its inhibition of the metabolism of the commonly used beta-blocker, metoprolol. The authors describe a case of severe bradycardia related to the addition of bupropion to the medical regimen of a patient on metoprolol.

metoprolol - bupropion - cytochrome P450 - bradycardia

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