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Etoposide + Pentostatin

Gravidade: Contraindicada

Etoposide and Pentostatin: contraindicated interaction.

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Resumo

In high-dose transplant conditioning with carmustine and cyclophosphamide, pentostatin was linked to fatal pulmonary edema and hypotension. Use together in this setting is dangerous.

O que esta interação significa em palavras simples

Etoposide and Pentostatin 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.

Etoposide belongs to Oncology; Pentostatin belongs to Oncology.

Nível de evidência: Moderate

Por que acontece

Mechanism not established; additive pulmonary and cardiovascular toxicity is suspected.

O que fazer

Avoid pentostatin with high-dose etoposide-containing ablative regimens and choose a different conditioning approach.

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Perguntas frequentes

Can I take Etoposide with Pentostatin?

MediHelp rates the interaction as contraindicated. Etoposide and Pentostatin 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. In high-dose transplant conditioning with carmustine and cyclophosphamide, pentostatin was linked to fatal pulmonary edema and hypotension. Use together in this setting is dangerous.

How serious is the interaction between Etoposide and Pentostatin?

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 pentostatin with high-dose etoposide-containing ablative regimens and choose a different conditioning approach.

What other medicines interact with Pentostatin?

MediHelp also lists interactions of Pentostatin with, for example, Carmustine, Fludarabine, Cyclophosphamide. The full list is on the Pentostatin page.

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