Ruxolitinib/Strong CYP3A4 Inhibitors 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:
Your medicine may slow down how quickly your body processes your cancer medicine.
What might happen:
The amount of cancer medicine in your blood may increase and cause more side effects than expected and some expected side effects to be more severe.
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. Your doctor may want to change your medicine or the dose of your cancer medicine.Let your doctor know right away if you experience nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain (especially in the right upper area of your abdomen), yellowing of the eyes or skin, dark urine, itching, loss of appetite, shortness of breath, coughing, swelling of the ankles/legs, rapid/fast/irregular heartbeat, dizziness, loss of consciousness,or if you gain more than 5 pounds in 24 hours.Let your doctor know if you have an increase in diarrhea, nausea, stomach upset, or vomiting; if you have any unusual bleeding; if you have any chest pain or pressure, numbness or weakness on one side or your body, trouble talking, or severe headache; if you have any swelling, weight gain, or shortness of breath; have a fever; develop an increased thirst, urinate more often than normal, or if your breath smells like fruit; develop eye pain/swelling/redness or blurred vision or other vision changes; or if you notice an irregular heartbeat or have dizziness or fainting episodes.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.Jakafi (ruxolitinib) US prescribing information. Incyte Corporation September, 2021.
- 2.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.
- 3.This information is based on an extract from the Certara Drug Interaction Database (DIDB) Platform, Copyright Certara 1999-2023..
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