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Didanosine, rifampin, and midazolam are medications that should never be taken with Reyataz. Drug interactions could occur that may decrease the effectiveness of Reyataz or increase your risk for dangerous side effects. Other types of medications that may cause negative Reyataz drug interactions include statin cholesterol medicines, calcium channel blockers, oral contraceptives, and other protease inhibitors.
Reyataz® (atazanavir sulfate) can potentially interact with several other medicines. Some of the medicines that may lead to Reyataz drug interactions include:
- Antacids
- Bosentan (Tracleer®)
- Buprenorphine (Buprenex®, Subutex®) or buprenorphine and naloxone (Suboxone®)
- Certain antibiotics and antifungal medications, such as:
- Clarithromycin (Biaxin®)
- Ketoconazole (Nizoral®)
- Itraconazole (Sporanox®)
- Rifabutin (Mycobutin®)
- Rifampin (Rifadin®)
- Voriconazole (Vfend®)
- Certain arrhythmia medications, such as amiodarone (Cordarone®, Pacerone®), lidocaine, and quinidine
- Certain benzodiazepines, such as:
- Calcium channel blockers, such as:
- Amlodipine (Norvasc®)
- Diltiazem (Cardizem®, Cardizem CD®, Cardizem LA®, Cartia XT®, Dilacor XR®, Dilt-CD®, Diltia XT®, Dilt-XR®, Taztia XT®, Tiazac®)
- Felodipine (Plendil®)
- Isradipine (Dynacirc®, Dynacirc CR®)
- Nisoldipine (Sular®)
- Nicardipine (Cardene®, Cardene SR®)
- Nifedipine (Adalat CC®, Afeditab CR®, Nifediac CC®, Nifedical XL®, Procardia®, Procardia XL®)
- Nimodipine (Nimotop®)
- Verapamil (Calan®, Calan SR®, Covera-HS®, Isoptin SR®, Verelan®, Verelan PM®)
- Colchicine (Colcrys®)
- Didanosine (Videx®)
- Efavirenz (Sustiva®)
- Ergot medications, such as:
- Bromocriptine (Parlodel®)
- Dihydroergotamine (Migranal®)
- Ergonovine
- Ergotamine (Cafergot®, Ergomar®)
- Methylergonovine (Methergine®)
- Pergolide (Permax®)
- Fluticasone (Flonase®, Flovent®, Veramyst®) or combination medications that contain fluticasone (Advair®)
- Immune-suppressing medications, such as:
- Cyclosporine (Gengraf®, Neoral®, Sandimmune®)
- Sirolimus (Rapamune®)
- Tacrolimus (Prograf®)
- H2 blockers, such as:
- Cimetidine (Tagamet®)
- Famotidine (Pepcid®)
- Nizatidine (Axid®)
- Ranitidine (Zantac®)
- Irinotecan (Camptosar®)
- Nevirapine (Viramune®)
- Oral contraceptives (birth control pills)
- Other protease inhibitors, such as:
- Amprenavir (Agenerase®)
- Boceprevir (Victrelis®)
- Darunavir (Prezista®)
- Fosamprenavir (Lexiva®)
- Indinavir (Crixivan®)
- Lopinavir and ritonavir (Kaletra®)
- Nelfinavir (Viracept®)
- Ritonavir (Norvir®)
- Saquinavir (Fortovase®, Invirase®)
- Telaprevir (Incivek®)
- Tipranavir (Aptivus®)
- Phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (PDE5 inhibitors), including:
- Dexlansoprazole (Dexilant™)
- Esomeprazole (Nexium®)
- Lansoprazole (Prevacid®, Prevacid® 24HR)
- Omeprazole (Prilosec®, Prilosec OTC®)
- Omeprazole/sodium bicarbonate (Zegerid®, Zegerid OTC™)
- Pantoprazole (Protonix®)
- Rabeprazole (AcipHex®)
- Salmeterol (Serevent®) or combination medications that contain salmeterol (Advair®)
- Seizure medications, such as:
- Carbamazepine (Carbatrol®, Epitol®, Equetro®, Tegretol®)
- Lamotrigine (Lamictal®)
- Phenobarbital (Luminal®)
- Phenytoin (Dilantin®, Phenytek®)
- Some statin cholesterol medications, such as:
- Atorvastatin (Lipitor®) or combination medications that contain atorvastatin (Caduet®, Liptruzet™)
- Lovastatin (Mevacor®) or combination medications that contain lovastatin (Advicor®)
- Simvastatin (Zocor®) or combination medications that contain simvastatin (Juvisync®, Simcor®, Vytorin®)
- Rosuvastatin (Crestor®)
- St. John's wort
- Tenofovir (Viread®)
- Trazodone (Desyrel®) or trazodone ER (Oleptro™)
- Tricyclic antidepressants, such as:
- Amitriptyline (Elavil®)
- Amoxapine (Asendin®)
- Clomipramine (Anafranil®)
- Desipramine (Norpramin®)
- Doxepin (Sinequan®, Silenor®)
- Imipramine (Tofranil®, Tofranil PM®)
- Maprotiline (Ludiomil®)
- Nortriptyline (Pamelor®)
- Protriptyline (Vivactil®)
- Trimipramine (Surmontil®)