Drug interactions
Minocycline + Sucralfate
Severity: Moderate
Minocycline and Sucralfate: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Sucralfate can bind oral minocycline and reduce its absorption, which may lead to subtherapeutic levels and treatment failure. The effect is smaller than with tetracycline but is still plausible.
What this interaction means in plain words
Minocycline and Sucralfate 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.
Minocycline belongs to Anti Bacterial; Sucralfate belongs to Gastrointestinal Tract.
Why it happens
Chelation or binding of minocycline by aluminum in sucralfate in the gut, decreasing absorption.
What to do
Give minocycline at least 2 hours before sucralfate. Monitor for inadequate clinical response.
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 Sucralfate
Other interactions of Minocycline
- Acitretin + Minocycline Contraindicated
- Isotretinoin + Minocycline Contraindicated
- Cholera vaccine + Minocycline Major
- Methoxyflurane + Minocycline Major
- Minocycline + Palovarotene Major
- Minocycline + Pexidartinib Major
Frequently asked questions
Can I take Minocycline with Sucralfate?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Minocycline and Sucralfate 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. Sucralfate can bind oral minocycline and reduce its absorption, which may lead to subtherapeutic levels and treatment failure. The effect is smaller than with tetracycline but is still plausible.
How serious is the interaction between Minocycline and Sucralfate?
MediHelp rates it moderate, on a four-level scale (minor, moderate, major, contraindicated) based on published labels and references. What to do, in brief: Give minocycline at least 2 hours before sucralfate. Monitor for inadequate clinical response.
What other medicines interact with Sucralfate?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Sucralfate with, for example, Ciprofloxacin, Gemifloxacin, Levofloxacin. The full list is on the Sucralfate page.
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