Glecaprevir-Pibrentasvir/Moderate CYP3A4 and P-gp Inducers Interactions
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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:
Rifabutin may decrease the amount of hepatitis C medicine your body absorbs and speed up how quickly your body processes your hepatitis C medicine.
What might happen:
The amount of hepatitis C medicine in your body may decrease and it may not work as well.
What you should do about this interaction:
Let your healthcare professionals (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) know right away that you are taking these medicines together, or if you have recently taken rifabutin. Your doctor may want to change one of your medicines.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..
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