Drug interactions
Bevacizumab + Daunorubicin
Severity: Moderate
Bevacizumab and Daunorubicin: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Daunorubicin is cardiotoxic, and bevacizumab can cause hypertension and, less commonly, heart failure. Combined use may increase cardiac risk, particularly in patients with prior anthracycline exposure.
What this interaction means in plain words
Bevacizumab and Daunorubicin can affect each other. The combination is often manageable, but it may need a change of dose, a change of timing, or extra checks while both are taken.
Bevacizumab belongs to Oncology; Daunorubicin belongs to Oncology.
Why it happens
Additive cardiotoxicity from anthracycline myocardial injury and VEGF inhibition-related hypertension and cardiac stress.
What to do
Assess left ventricular function before and during treatment and monitor blood pressure. Treat hypertension promptly and stop therapy if heart failure develops.
What to ask your pharmacist
- Should I take them at different times of day?
- Does the dose of either medicine need to change?
- Is there anything I should avoid, such as alcohol or certain foods, while on both?
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Other interactions of Daunorubicin
- Adenovirus types 4 and 7 live + Daunorubicin Contraindicated
- Belatacept + Daunorubicin Major
- Cyclosporine + Daunorubicin Major
- Cyclosporin + Daunorubicin Major
- Daunorubicin + Dengue vaccine Major
- Daunorubicin + Etrasimod Major
Other interactions of Bevacizumab
- Bevacizumab + Sunitinib Major
- Bevacizumab + Dengue vaccine Moderate
- Bevacizumab + Doxorubicin Moderate
- Bevacizumab + Doxorubicin liposomal Moderate
- Bevacizumab + Efgartigimod / hyaluronidase sc Moderate
- Bevacizumab + Efgartigimod alfa Moderate
Frequently asked questions
Can I take Bevacizumab with Daunorubicin?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Bevacizumab and Daunorubicin can affect each other. The combination is often manageable, but it may need a change of dose, a change of timing, or extra checks while both are taken. Daunorubicin is cardiotoxic, and bevacizumab can cause hypertension and, less commonly, heart failure. Combined use may increase cardiac risk, particularly in patients with prior anthracycline exposure.
How serious is the interaction between Bevacizumab and Daunorubicin?
MediHelp rates it moderate, on a four-level scale (minor, moderate, major, contraindicated) based on published labels and references. What to do, in brief: Assess left ventricular function before and during treatment and monitor blood pressure. Treat hypertension promptly and stop therapy if heart failure develops.
What other medicines interact with Daunorubicin?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Daunorubicin with, for example, Adenovirus types 4 and 7 live, Belatacept, Cyclosporine. The full list is on the Daunorubicin page.
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