Sugammadex/Hormonal Contraceptives 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:
Sugammadex may make your hormonal contraceptive less effective.
What might happen:
The blood levels of your contraceptive may decrease, causing breakthrough bleeding, spotting, or pregnancy.
What you should do about this interaction:
Sugammadex is only used during surgical procedures or in a hospital. If you are to have either inpatient or outpatient surgery, or are to be admitted to the hospital, make sure that all the healthcare professionals are aware of all the different medicines that you are taking. This includes prescription and nonprescription medicines, herbal medicines, and nutraceuticals.You should use a non-hormonal backup method of birth-control for seven days after you receive sugammadex.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.
- 1.Bridion (sugammadex) US prescribing information. Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC November, 2022.
- 2.Bridion (sugammadex sodium) UK summary of product characteristics. Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited August 31, 2016.
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