Drug interactions
Didanosine + Valoctocogene roxaparvovec
Severity: Moderate
Didanosine and Valoctocogene roxaparvovec: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Valoctocogene roxaparvovec gene therapy commonly causes transaminase elevations, and didanosine is itself hepatotoxic. Together they may raise the risk of liver injury and complicate interpretation of enzyme rises.
What this interaction means in plain words
Didanosine and Valoctocogene roxaparvovec 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.
Didanosine belongs to Anti Virals; Valoctocogene roxaparvovec belongs to Miscellaneous.
Why it happens
Additive hepatotoxicity from the gene therapy vector response and didanosine liver toxicity.
What to do
Monitor liver enzymes closely after infusion and consider an alternative antiretroviral to didanosine.
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 Didanosine
- Didanosine + Elvitegravir / cobicistat / emtricitabine / tenofovir df Contraindicated
- Didanosine + Hydroxycarbamide Contraindicated
- Didanosine + Ribavirin Contraindicated
- Didanosine + Stavudine Contraindicated
- Allopurinol + Didanosine Major
- Atidarsagene autotemcel + Didanosine Major
Other interactions of Valoctocogene roxaparvovec
Frequently asked questions
Can I take Didanosine with Valoctocogene roxaparvovec?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Didanosine and Valoctocogene roxaparvovec 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. Valoctocogene roxaparvovec gene therapy commonly causes transaminase elevations, and didanosine is itself hepatotoxic. Together they may raise the risk of liver injury and complicate interpretation of enzyme rises.
How serious is the interaction between Didanosine and Valoctocogene roxaparvovec?
MediHelp rates it moderate, on a four-level scale (minor, moderate, major, contraindicated) based on published labels and references. What to do, in brief: Monitor liver enzymes closely after infusion and consider an alternative antiretroviral to didanosine.
What other medicines interact with Didanosine?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Didanosine with, for example, Elvitegravir / cobicistat / emtricitabine / tenofovir df, Hydroxycarbamide, Ribavirin. The full list is on the Didanosine page.
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