A review on drugs to avoid when taking tamoxifen
May 6, 2010
A review published online in the Journal of Clinical Oncology has listed medications that should be avoided by women taking tamoxifen. The recommendations extend previous work that singled out paroxetine and fluoxetine as drugs to avoid. The authors now recommend avoiding some other medications, including antipsychotics, cardiac drugs, and medications for infectious disease. Drugs listed include quinidine, ticlopidine, terfenadine, and cinacalcet.
Citations
Sideras K, Ingle J, Ames M, Loprinzi CL, Mrazek DP, Black JL. Coprescription of tamoxifen and medications that inhibit CYP2D6: recommendations based on the proposals by the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation Working Group. J Clin Oncol May 3, 2010 as 10.1200/JCO.2009.23.8931.
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