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Can you take Elagolix with Oritavancin?

1 drug interaction and 8 additional warnings found for the following 2 drugs:

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Drug interactions

Moderate drug interactions

Moderate:

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Applies to: oritavancin and elagolix

Oritavancin may reduce the blood levels of elagolix in some patients, which may make the medication less effective.

Talk to your doctor if you have any questions or concerns. Your doctor may be able to prescribe alternatives that do not interact, or you may need a dose adjustment or more frequent monitoring to safely use both medications.

It is important to tell your doctor about all other medications you use, including vitamins and herbs. Do not stop using any medications without first talking to your doctor.

Food/lifestyle interactions

No alcohol/food interactions were found. However, this does not necessarily mean no interactions exist. Always consult your healthcare provider.

Disease interactions

8 potential interactions Applies to: 7 conditions, including Depression, Anxiety and Stress, Osteoporosis, Liver Disease, and Noninfectious Colitis.

Anxiety and Stress

Moderate:

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Elagolix has a moderate potential interaction with Anxiety and Stress.

Suicidal ideation and behavior, has been reported in women treated with elagolix in the endometriosis clinical trials. Women with a history of suicidality or depression had a higher incidence of depression compared to women without such a history. Promptly evaluate patients with depressive symptoms to determine whether the risks of continued therapy outweigh the benefits. Patients with new or worsening depression, anxiety or other mood changes should be referred to a mental health professional. Advise patients to seek immediate medical attention for suicidal ideation and behavior. Reevaluate the benefits and risks of continuing elagolix if such events occur.

Coagulation Defects and Disorders

Moderate:

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Oritavancin has a moderate potential interaction with Coagulation Defects and Disorders.

Oritavancin has been shown to artificially prolong prothrombin time (PT) and international normalized ratio (INR) for up to 12 hours, making the monitoring of the anticoagulation effect of warfarin unreliable up to 12 hours after an oritavancin dose. Oritavancin has no effect on the coagulation system in vivo. Care should be taken when administering this agent to patients at risk for bleeding and they should be monitored for bleeding if concomitantly receiving warfarin. It is recommended to consider a non-phospholipid dependent coagulation test such as a Factor Xa (chromogenic) assay or an alternative anticoagulant not requiring aPTT monitoring for those patients requiring aPTT monitoring within 5 days of oritavancin dosing.

Depression

Moderate:

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Elagolix has a moderate potential interaction with Depression.

Suicidal ideation and behavior, has been reported in women treated with elagolix in the endometriosis clinical trials. Women with a history of suicidality or depression had a higher incidence of depression compared to women without such a history. Promptly evaluate patients with depressive symptoms to determine whether the risks of continued therapy outweigh the benefits. Patients with new or worsening depression, anxiety or other mood changes should be referred to a mental health professional. Advise patients to seek immediate medical attention for suicidal ideation and behavior. Reevaluate the benefits and risks of continuing elagolix if such events occur.

Liver Disease

Major:

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Elagolix has a major potential interaction with Liver Disease.

Compared to women with normal liver function, those with moderate hepatic impairment had approximately 3-fold higher elagolix exposures and those with severe hepatic impairment had approximately 7-fold higher elagolix exposures. Because of these increased exposures and risk for bone loss, the use of elagolix is contraindicated in women with severe hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh C). In women with moderate hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh B) elagolix 150 mg is recommended once daily with the duration of treatment limited to 6 months. No dose adjustment is needed for women with mild hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh A).

Moderate:

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Oritavancin has a moderate potential interaction with Liver Disease.

No dosage adjustment of oritavancin is needed in patients with mild or moderate hepatic impairment. Care should be taken when administering oritavancin to patients with severe hepatic impairment as the pharmacokinetics of this agent have not been studied.

Noninfectious Colitis

Major:

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Oritavancin has a major potential interaction with Noninfectious Colitis.

Clostridioides difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD), formerly pseudomembranous colitis, has been reported with almost all antibacterial drugs and may range from mild diarrhea to fatal colitis. The most common culprits include clindamycin and lincomycin. Antibacterial therapy alters the normal flora of the colon, leading to overgrowth of C difficile, whose toxins A and B contribute to CDAD development. Morbidity and mortality are increased with hypertoxin-producing strains of C difficile; these infections can be resistant to antimicrobial therapy and may require colectomy. CDAD must be considered in all patients who present with diarrhea after antibacterial use. Since CDAD has been reported to occur more than 2 months after antibacterial use, careful medical history is necessary. Therapy with broad-spectrum antibacterials and other agents with significant antibacterial activity should be administered cautiously in patients with history of gastrointestinal disease, particularly colitis; pseudomembranous colitis (generally characterized by severe, persistent diarrhea and severe abdominal cramps, and sometimes associated with the passage of blood and mucus), if it occurs, may be more severe in these patients and may be associated with flares in underlying disease activity. Antibacterial drugs not directed against C difficile may need to be stopped if CDAD is suspected or confirmed. Appropriate fluid and electrolyte management, protein supplementation, antibacterial treatment of C difficile, and surgical evaluation should be started as clinically indicated.

Osteoporosis

Major:

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Elagolix has a major potential interaction with Osteoporosis.

Elagolix is contraindicated in women with known osteoporosis because of the risk of further bone loss. Elagolix causes a dose-dependent decrease in bone mineral density (BMD), which is greater with increasing duration of use and may not be completely reversible after stopping treatment.

Renal Dysfunction

Moderate:

oritavancin

Oritavancin has a moderate potential interaction with Renal Dysfunction.

No dosage adjustment of oritavancin is needed in patients with mild or moderate renal impairment. Care should be taken when administering oritavancin to patients with severe renal impairment as the pharmacokinetics of this agent have not been evaluated. Oritavancin is not removed from blood by hemodialysis.

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elagolix

A total of 429 drugs are known to interact with elagolix.

oritavancin

A total of 454 drugs are known to interact with oritavancin.

Drug Interaction Classification

These classifications are only a guideline. The relevance of a particular drug interaction to a specific individual is difficult to determine. Always consult your healthcare provider before starting or stopping any medication.
Major Highly clinically significant. Avoid combinations; the risk of the interaction outweighs the benefit.
Moderate Moderately clinically significant. Usually avoid combinations; use it only under special circumstances.
Minor Minimally clinically significant. Minimize risk; assess risk and consider an alternative drug, take steps to circumvent the interaction risk and/or institute a monitoring plan.
Unknown No interaction information available.

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