Drug Interactions With Delavirdine

Several medicines may cause potentially dangerous drug interactions with delavirdine. These medicines include certain benzodiazepine medications, calcium channel blockers, statin cholesterol medications, and protease inhibitors. These drug interactions with delavirdine could increase your risk for developing serious side effects and decrease the effectiveness of the drugs. To prevent these, your healthcare provider may monitor you more closely or adjust your dosages.

 

Drug Interactions With Delavirdine : An Overview

Delavirdine mesylate (Rescriptor®) can potentially interact with several other medicines. Some of the medicines that may lead to delavirdine drug interactions include:
 
  • Amphetamines, including many illegal drugs and most attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications
  • Antacids or acid-reducing medications
  • Certain arrhythmia medications, such as:
 
    • Amiodarone (Cordarone®)
    • Lidocaine
    • Quinidine
    • Flecainide (Tambocor®)
    • Propafenone (Rhythmol®)
 
  • Certain benzodiazepine medications, such as:
 
 
  • Certain seizure medications, such as:
 
 
 
 
  • Clarithromycin (Biaxin®)
  • Cyclosporine (Gengraf®, Neoral®, Sandimmune®)
  • Dexamethasone (Decadron®)
  • Didanosine (Videx®)
  • Ergot medications, such as:
 
    • Bromocriptine (Parlodel®)
    • Dihydroergotamine (Migranal®)
    • Ergotamine (Bellamine S®, Cafergot®, Ergomar®)
    • Pergolide (Permax®)
 
 
 
 
 
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Written by/reviewed by: Kristi Monson, PharmD; Arthur Schoenstadt, MD
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