Atazanavir/Amiodarone
This information is generalized and not intended as specific medical advice. Consult your healthcare professional before taking or discontinuing any drug or commencing any course of treatment.
Medical warning:
Moderate. These medicines may cause some risk when taken together. Contact your healthcare professional (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) for more information.
How the interaction occurs:
When these two medicines are taken together, your body may process your heart medicine more slowly.
What might happen:
The blood levels of this medicine may increase and affect the way your heart beats and may cause toxic effects.
What you should do about this interaction:
Contact your healthcare professionals (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) as soon as possible about taking these two medicines together. They may already be aware of this drug interaction and may be monitoring you for it. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicine before checking with them first.
References:
1.Reyataz (atazanavir sulfate) US prescribing information. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company January, 2013.
2.Reyataz (atazanavir) Canadian prescribing information. Bristol-Myers Squibb Canada December 3, 2003.
3.Reyataz (atazanavir sulfate) Australian product information. Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals January 8, 2004.
4.Reyataz (atazanavir) UK summary of product characteristics. Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals Limited September 8, 2008.
