Pazopanib/Selected Inhibitors of P-gp or BCRP Interactions
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:
Serious. These medicines may interact and cause very harmful effects. Contact your healthcare professional (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) for more information.
How the interaction occurs:
Your medicine may cause your body to absorb more pazopanib than expected.
What might happen:
The levels of pazopanib in your blood may increase and cause more side effects than expected.
What you should do about this interaction:
Let your healthcare professional (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) know that you are taking these medicines together. Let your doctor know if you experience signs of an underactive thyroid (such as unusual weight gain, cold intolerance, slow heartbeat); signs of infection (such as fever, chills, persistent sore throat, cough); wounds that do not heal, swelling ankles/feet; change in the amount of urine; unusual tiredness; signs of unusual bleeding such as: bloody/black stools, easy bleeding/bruising (such as nose bleed or bloody/pinkish urine), vomit that looks like coffee grounds, severe stomach/abdominal pain, coughing up blood; high blood pressure; fast/irregular heartbeat; severe dizziness; fainting; symptoms of a heart attack (such as chest/jaw/left arm pain, shortness of breath, unusual sweating); signs of a stroke (such as weakness on one side of the body, slurred speech, vision changes, confusion); pain/redness/swelling in the arm/leg/calf/groin;, signs of a certain brain condition (such as headache, seizure, decreased alertness, blindness).Your healthcare professionals may already be aware of this interaction and may be monitoring you for it. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicine before checking with them first.
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- 3.This information is based on an extract from the Certara Drug Interaction Database (DIDB) Platform, Copyright Certara 1999-2023..
- 4.US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Drug Development and Drug Interactions: Table of Substrates, Inhibitors and Inducers. Available at: https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-interactions-labeling/drug-development-and- drug-interactions-table-substrates-inhibitors-and-inducers. Updated 11/14/2017.
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