Drug interactions
Carboplatin + Dacarbazine
Severity: Moderate
Carboplatin and Dacarbazine: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Both drugs depress bone marrow function, and carboplatin in particular causes dose-related thrombocytopenia and neutropenia. Combined use may worsen cytopenias and increase infection and bleeding risk.
What this interaction means in plain words
Carboplatin and Dacarbazine 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.
Carboplatin belongs to Oncology; Dacarbazine belongs to Oncology.
Why it happens
Additive myelosuppression from two cytotoxic agents.
What to do
Check complete blood counts before each cycle and at the nadir. Reduce doses or delay treatment if counts do not recover.
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 Dacarbazine
Other interactions of Carboplatin
Frequently asked questions
Can I take Carboplatin with Dacarbazine?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Carboplatin and Dacarbazine 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. Both drugs depress bone marrow function, and carboplatin in particular causes dose-related thrombocytopenia and neutropenia. Combined use may worsen cytopenias and increase infection and bleeding risk.
How serious is the interaction between Carboplatin and Dacarbazine?
MediHelp rates it moderate, on a four-level scale (minor, moderate, major, contraindicated) based on published labels and references. What to do, in brief: Check complete blood counts before each cycle and at the nadir. Reduce doses or delay treatment if counts do not recover.
What other medicines interact with Dacarbazine?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Dacarbazine with, for example, Adenovirus types 4 and 7 live, Axicabtagene ciloleucel, Belatacept. The full list is on the Dacarbazine page.
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