Mycophenolate Sodium Oral

Mycophenolate Sodium Oral Interactions

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Your healthcare professionals (e.g., doctor or pharmacist) may already be aware of any possible drug interactions and may be monitoring you for it. Do not start, stop or change the dosage of any medicine before checking with them first.

This drug should not be used with the following medications because very serious interactions may occur:

• azathioprine
• cholestyramine
• colestipol
• live vaccines
• natalizumab

If you are currently using any of these medications listed above, tell your doctor or pharmacist before starting mycophenolate.

Before using this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist of all prescription and nonprescription/herbal products you may use, especially of:

• antacids containing aluminum and/or magnesium
• antivirals (e.g., acyclovir, ganciclovir, valganciclovir)

This medication may decrease the effectiveness of combination-type birth control pills by decreasing the amount of certain hormones in your system (impaired enterohepatic recirculation or hepatic induction). This can result in pregnancy. You may need to use an additional form of reliable birth control while using this medication. Consult your doctor or pharmacist for details.

This document does not contain all possible interactions. Therefore, before using this product, tell your doctor or pharmacist of all the products you use. Keep a list of all your medications with you, and share the list with your doctor and pharmacist.

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