Norepinephrine and Deutetrabenazine Interaction

Drug interaction information between Norepinephrine and Deutetrabenazine.

Norepinephrine and Deutetrabenazine have a documented moderate interaction in FDA labeling.

FDA drug labeling documents a moderate-severity interaction between Norepinephrine and Deutetrabenazine. 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

Norepinephrine

Vasopressor (Alpha-1 Agonist)

Drug B

Deutetrabenazine

VMAT2 Inhibitor

How They Interact

This medication can lower the levels of norepinephrine in your brain. Taking it when levels are already low could cause a severe and dangerous drop in this important chemical.

FDA Label Information

Prescribers should wait for chorea or dyskinesia to reemerge before administering AUSTEDO XR or AUSTEDO to help reduce the risk of overdosage and major depletion of serotonin and norepinephrine in the central nervous system.

Frequently Asked Questions

What SPL severity band is on file for Norepinephrine + Deutetrabenazine?

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

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

Norepinephrine has 50 labeled pairs on file vs Deutetrabenazine's 7. In the moderate band specifically: Norepinephrine has 7 (also Carbidopa/Levodopa, Clopidogrel, Digoxin, Edoxaban); Deutetrabenazine has 2 (also Dopamine).

What mechanism field is on file for Norepinephrine and Deutetrabenazine?

This medication can lower the levels of norepinephrine in your brain. Taking it when levels are already low could cause a severe and dangerous drop in this important chemical.

Deutetrabenazine carries more major-labeled pairs than Norepinephrine

SPL source-record counts only. This page's band is moderate · classes on file: Norepinephrine (Vasopressor (Alpha-1 Agonist)); Deutetrabenazine (VMAT2 Inhibitor).

Deutetrabenazine has 2 major-labeled pairs vs Norepinephrine's 1. This page itself is in the moderate band, not the major band.

Norepinephrine

1 major · 7 moderate · 42 minor · 50 total

Deutetrabenazine

2 major · 2 moderate · 3 minor · 7 total

  • Other moderate peers for Deutetrabenazine
  • Dopamine

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.