Selected Nephrotoxic Agents/Cisplatin 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:
The toxic effects of cisplatin in addition to your antibiotics or non-steriodal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may be additive.
What might happen:
You may experience nausea, vomiting, rash, itching, a change in hearing, or numbness.
What you should do about this interaction:
Contact your healthcare professionals (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) right away about taking these medicines together.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 medicines before checking with them first.
- 1.Amikacin sulfate injection US prescribing information. Heritage Pharmaceuticals, Inc. June, 2020.
- 2.Cisplatin injection US prescribing information. WG Critical Care February, 2019.
- 3.Gentamicin injection B.P. Australian prescribing information. Pharmacia September, 2002.
- 4.Gentamicin injection UK summary of product characteristics. Mayne Pharma Plc February, 2004.
- 5.Gentamicin injection US prescribing information,. Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC. October, 2015,.
- 6.Tobramycin US prescribing information. X-GEN Pharmaceuticals, Inc. September, 2011.
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