Infigratinib; Selpercatinib/Antacids 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 pH of your GI tract needs to be acidic for your cancer medicine to dissolve and be absorbed. Antacids change the pH (acidity) of your GI tract.Some vitamins may contain "hidden" antacids such as some forms of calcium and magnesium.
What might happen:
Taking your cancer medicine at the same time as an antacid may decrease the amount of medicine in your blood, and your cancer medicine may not work as well.
What you should do about this interaction:
Let your healthcare professionals (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) know that you are taking these medicines together. Your doctor may want to change your medicine.If you need to use an antacid, take your cancer medicine at least 2 hours before or 2 hours after the antacid.If your doctor changes the antacid to an H2 blocker, take your cancer medicine at least 2 hours before or 10 hours after the H2 blocker.If your doctor changes the antacid to a proton pump inhibitor, take selpercatinib with food.If you have questions about how to schedule your medicines, ask your pharmacist.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.Truseltiq (infigratinib) US prescribing information. QED Therapeutics, Inc. May, 2021.
- 2.Retevmo (selpercatinib) US prescribing information. Eli Lilly September, 2022.
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