Defibrotide/Selected Anticoagulants; Thrombolytics 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:
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:
Both of these medicines can affect your blood's ability to clot.
What might happen:
Taking these medicines together or within a short time of each other may increase your risk of bleeding. Symptoms may include unusual bleeding; bleeding from your gums; nosebleeds; unusual bruising; orange/red urine or dark/black stools; or new onset of headache, confusion, slurred speech, or vision.
What you should do about this interaction:
Make sure your healthcare professionals (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) know that you are taking these medicines together. Contact your doctor or seek medical help right away if you have unusual bleeding; bleeding from your gums; nosebleeds; unusual bruising; orange/red urine or dark/black stools; new onset of headache, confusion, slurred speech, or vision.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.Defitelio (defibrotide) US prescribing information. Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. March, 2016..
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