Drug Interactions between L-Arginine and lapatinib
This report displays the potential drug interactions for the following 2 drugs:
- L-Arginine (arginine)
- lapatinib
Interactions between your drugs
No interactions were found between L-Arginine and lapatinib. However, this does not necessarily mean no interactions exist. Always consult your healthcare provider.
L-Arginine
A total of 44 drugs are known to interact with L-Arginine.
- L-arginine is in the following drug classes: in vivo diagnostic biologicals, oral nutritional supplements.
- L-arginine is used to treat the following conditions:
lapatinib
A total of 636 drugs are known to interact with lapatinib.
- Lapatinib is in the following drug classes: EGFR inhibitors, HER2 inhibitors.
- Lapatinib is used to treat the following conditions:
Drug and food interactions
lapatinib food
Applies to: lapatinib
Take lapatinib on an empty stomach 1 hour before or 1 hour after a meal unless otherwise directed by your doctor. This will make it easier for your body to absorb the medication. The lapatinib dose is administered once daily and should not be divided. The usual dose of lapatinib is equal to 5 tablets. You may swallow each tablet one at a time, but take the entire lapatinib dose at the same time each day. If you are receiving therapy with lapatinib you should be advised to avoid grapefruits and grapefruit juice. Grapefruit can raise the levels of lapatinib in your body and lead to dangerous side effects.
Therapeutic duplication warnings
No warnings were found for your selected drugs.
Therapeutic duplication warnings are only returned when drugs within the same group exceed the recommended therapeutic duplication maximum.
See also
Drug Interaction Classification
Highly clinically significant. Avoid combinations; the risk of the interaction outweighs the benefit. | |
Moderately clinically significant. Usually avoid combinations; use it only under special circumstances. | |
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. | |
No interaction information available. |
Further information
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