Asenapine and Carbamazepine Interaction

Drug interaction information between Asenapine and Carbamazepine.

Asenapine and Carbamazepine have a documented minor interaction in FDA labeling.

FDA drug labeling documents a minor-severity interaction between Asenapine and Carbamazepine. This page displays the available source-record category and label text. The category is not an individual risk estimate or medication-combination direction.

Drug A

Asenapine

Atypical Antipsychotic

Drug B

Carbamazepine

Anticonvulsant

How They Interact

Carbamazepine does not significantly change the levels of asenapine in your body.

FDA Label Information

7.2 Drugs Having No Clinically Important Interactions with Asenapine No dosage adjustment of asenapine is necessary when administered concomitantly with paroxetine (see Table 12 in Drug Interactions (7.1) for paroxetine dosage adjustment), imipramine, cimetidine, valporate, lithium, or a CYP3A4 inducer (e.g., carbamazepine, phenytoin, rifampin).

Frequently Asked Questions

What SPL severity band is on file for Asenapine + Carbamazepine?

Compiled FDA labeling labels this pair minor. That is a source-record field, not an individual medication-combination decision.

Which drug in this pair has the larger labeled-interaction portfolio?

Carbamazepine has 129 labeled pairs on file vs Asenapine's 8. In the minor band specifically: Asenapine has 8 (also Paroxetine, Lithium, Rifampin, Imipramine); Carbamazepine has 110 (also Omeprazole, Ibuprofen, Citalopram, Amitriptyline).

What mechanism field is on file for Asenapine and Carbamazepine?

Carbamazepine does not significantly change the levels of asenapine in your body.

Carbamazepine carries more major-labeled pairs than Asenapine

SPL source-record counts only. This page's band is minor · classes on file: Asenapine (Atypical Antipsychotic); Carbamazepine (Anticonvulsant).

Carbamazepine has 3 major-labeled pairs vs Asenapine's 0. This page itself is in the minor band, not the major band.

Asenapine

0 major · 0 moderate · 8 minor · 8 total

Carbamazepine

3 major · 16 moderate · 110 minor · 129 total

Sources: FDA Drug Labels (SPL) via openFDA (2026). This is for informational purposes only and is not medical advice. This registry does not provide individual medication-combination directions.