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Interações medicamentosas

Clozapine + Irinotecan

Gravidade: Contraindicada

Clozapine and Irinotecan: contraindicated interaction.

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Resumo

Clozapine can cause severe neutropenia or agranulocytosis, and irinotecan commonly causes dose-limiting neutropenia. Combined use makes profound myelosuppression and serious infection more likely.

O que esta interação significa em palavras simples

Clozapine and Irinotecan are not normally used together. Taking them at the same time is expected to cause harm or make one of them unsafe, so a different medicine is usually chosen for one of the two.

Clozapine belongs to Central Nervous System; Irinotecan belongs to Oncology.

Nível de evidência: Moderate

Por que acontece

Additive bone marrow suppression

O que fazer

Avoid combined use; if irinotecan is essential, stop clozapine or use an alternative and monitor blood counts closely.

O que perguntar ao farmacêutico

  • Is there an alternative to one of these two medicines for me?
  • If both are essential, who is monitoring me and how often?
  • Which symptoms mean I should stop and seek help straight away?

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Perguntas frequentes

Can I take Clozapine with Irinotecan?

MediHelp rates the interaction as contraindicated. Clozapine and Irinotecan are not normally used together. Taking them at the same time is expected to cause harm or make one of them unsafe, so a different medicine is usually chosen for one of the two. Clozapine can cause severe neutropenia or agranulocytosis, and irinotecan commonly causes dose-limiting neutropenia. Combined use makes profound myelosuppression and serious infection more likely.

How serious is the interaction between Clozapine and Irinotecan?

MediHelp rates it contraindicated, on a four-level scale (minor, moderate, major, contraindicated) based on published labels and references. What to do, in brief: Avoid combined use; if irinotecan is essential, stop clozapine or use an alternative and monitor blood counts closely.

What other medicines interact with Clozapine?

MediHelp also lists interactions of Clozapine with, for example, Deferiprone, Pimozide, Thioridazine. The full list is on the Clozapine page.

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