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Interações medicamentosas

Isotretinoin + Oxytetracycline

Gravidade: Contraindicada

Isotretinoin and Oxytetracycline: contraindicated interaction.

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Resumo

Isotretinoin and tetracyclines such as oxytetracycline can each cause raised intracranial pressure (pseudotumour cerebri). Used together they may lead to headache, visual disturbance and papilloedema.

O que esta interação significa em palavras simples

Isotretinoin and Oxytetracycline 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.

Isotretinoin belongs to Dermatology; Oxytetracycline belongs to Anti Bacterial.

Nível de evidência: Moderate

Por que acontece

Additive risk of idiopathic intracranial hypertension

O que fazer

Avoid combination; use a non-tetracycline antibiotic during isotretinoin therapy and urgently evaluate headache or visual changes.

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Perguntas frequentes

Can I take Isotretinoin with Oxytetracycline?

MediHelp rates the interaction as contraindicated. Isotretinoin and Oxytetracycline 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. Isotretinoin and tetracyclines such as oxytetracycline can each cause raised intracranial pressure (pseudotumour cerebri). Used together they may lead to headache, visual disturbance and papilloedema.

How serious is the interaction between Isotretinoin and Oxytetracycline?

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 combination; use a non-tetracycline antibiotic during isotretinoin therapy and urgently evaluate headache or visual changes.

What other medicines interact with Isotretinoin?

MediHelp also lists interactions of Isotretinoin with, for example, Demeclocycline, Minocycline, Palovarotene. The full list is on the Isotretinoin page.

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