Selected 3A4 Inhibitors/Pimozide
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:
Severe. These medicines may interact and cause very harmful effects and are usually not 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 not process pimozide properly.
What might happen:
Your blood levels of pimozide may increase and cause life-threatening effects on your heart.
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.Agenerase (amprenavir) Oral Solution US prescribing information. GlaxoSmithKline May, 2005.
2.Reyataz (atazanavir sulfate) US prescribing information. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company January, 2013.
3.Reyataz (atazanavir sulfate) Australian product information. Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals January 8, 2004.
4.Prezista (darunavir) US prescribing information. Tibotec Inc. February, 2013.
5.Lexiva (fosamprenavir calcium) US prescribing information. GlaxoSmithKline February, 2013.
6.Orap (pimozide) US prescribing information. Gate Pharmaceuticals August, 2011.
7.Crixivan (indinavir sulfate) US prescribing information. Merck & Co., Inc. February, 2011.
8.Viracept (nelfinavir mesylate) US prescribing information. Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. April, 2012.
9.Norvir (ritonavir) US prescribing information. Abbott Laboratories November, 2012.
10.Fortovase (saquinavir) US prescribing information. Roche Laboratories, Inc. December, 2004.
11.Invirase (saquinavir mesylate) US prescribing information. Roche Laboratories, Inc. February, 2012.
12.Kaletra (lopinavir/ritonavir tablets) US prescribing information. Abbott Laboratories January, 2013.
13.Aptivus (tipranavir) US prescribing information. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. February, 2012.
14.Stribild (elvitegravir, cobicistat, emtricitabine, tenofovir) prescribing information. Gilead Sciences, Inc. August, 2012.
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