Cilostazol (Less Than or Equal To 50 mg)/Selected Strong & Moderate Interactions
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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 not process cilostazol properly.
What might happen:
Your blood levels of cilostazol may increase and cause harmful effects. Taking these medicines together may also increase your risk of an irregular heartbeat, which may be life-threatening.
What you should do about this interaction:
Contact your doctor if you experience headache; diarrhea; dizziness; or bloating or swelling of the ankles, feet, or hands. The dose of your medicines may need adjusting.Your healthcare professionals (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) 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.
- 1.Pletal (cilostazol) US prescribing information. Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. January, 2015.
- 2.Nexium (esomeprazole magnesium) US prescribing information. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP August, 2021.
- 3.Prilosec (omeprazole) US prescribing information. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP June, 2018.
- 4.Suri A, Bramer SL. Effect of omeprazole on the metabolism of cilostazol. Clin Pharmacokinet 1999;37 Suppl 2:53-9.
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