Zalcitabine Oral

Zalcitabine Oral Interactions

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:

• didanosine
• lamivudine
• pentamidine injection
• stavudine

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

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

• cimetidine
• probenecid
• drugs that may be harmful to your kidneys (e.g., aminoglycosides such as gentamicin, amphotericin B, foscarnet)
• other drugs that may cause peripheral neuropathy (e.g., cisplatin, dapsone, disulfiram, gold therapy, isoniazid, nitrofurantoin, phenytoin, ribavirin, vincristine)

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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