Epzicom Drug Interactions

Certain medications, such as ganciclovir, zalcitabine, and methadone, may potentially interact with Epzicom. Drug interactions may occur that could increase your risk of side effects or decrease the medicine levels in your blood. Since many medications can cause negative Epzicom interactions, make sure to talk to your healthcare provider before taking any other drugs.

 

Epzicom Drug Interactions: An Introduction

Epzicom™ (abacavir/lamivudine) can potentially interact with several other medicines. Some of these medicines that may lead to Epzicom interactions include:
 
  • Alcohol
  • Ganciclovir (Cytovene®)
  • Interferon medications, such as:

 

    • Interferon alfa-2a (Roferon®-A)
    • Interferon alfa-2b (Intron® A)
    • Interferon alfa-2b and ribavirin (Rebetron®)
    • Interferon alfa-n3 (Alferon® N)
    • Interferon alfacon-1 (Infergen®)
    • Interferon beta-1a (Avonex®, Rebif®)
    • Interferon beta-1b (Betaseron®)
    • Interferon gamma-1b (Actimmune®)
    • Peginterferon alfa-2a (Pegasys®)
    • Peginterferon alfa-2b (PEG-Intron®)

 

  • Methadone (Dolophine®, Methadose®)
  • Ribavirin (Copegus®, Rebetol®, Ribasphere®, Virazole®)
  • Trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim®, Septra®)
  • Valganciclovir (Valcyte™)
  • Zalcitabine (Hivid®).
     
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Written by/reviewed by: Kristi Monson, PharmD; Arthur Schoenstadt, MD
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