Naloxegol/Strong CYP3A4 Inhibitors Interactions
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Medical warning:
Very Serious. These medicines may interact and cause very harmful effects and are usually not taken together. Contact your healthcare professional (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) for more information.
How the interaction occurs:
Your other medicine may slow down how quickly your body processes naloxegol.
What might happen:
The amount of naloxegol in your blood may increase, which may increase your risk of experiencing withdrawal symptoms from your pain medication.
What you should do about this interaction:
Make sure that your healthcare professionals (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) know that you are taking these medicines together. Let your doctor know if you experience any signs of withdrawal from your pain medication such as sweating, chills, diarrhea, stomach pain, anxiety, irritability, yawning, increased tear production, runny nose, or gooseflesh skin. If you are taking methadone, you may also experience abdominal pain and/or diarrhea. Let your doctor know if these occur.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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- 2.US FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. Naloxegol Clinical Pharmacology and Biopharmaceutics Review. Application number 204760Orig1s000. available at: http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/nda/2014/204760Orig1s000Clin Pharm.pdf July 25, 2014.
- 3.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.
- 4.This information is based on an extract from the Certara Drug Interaction Database (DIDB) Platform, Copyright Certara 1999-2023..
- 5.Sporanox (itraconazole) US prescribing information. Janssen Pharmaceutica Products, L.P. February, 2024.
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