Drug Interactions between Nexium and procaine penicillin
This report displays the potential drug interactions for the following 2 drugs:
- Nexium (esomeprazole)
- procaine penicillin
Interactions between your drugs
No interactions were found between Nexium and procaine penicillin. However, this does not necessarily mean no interactions exist. Always consult your healthcare provider.
Nexium
A total of 217 drugs are known to interact with Nexium.
- Nexium is in the drug class proton pump inhibitors.
- Nexium is used to treat the following conditions:
procaine penicillin
A total of 111 drugs are known to interact with procaine penicillin.
- Procaine penicillin is in the drug class natural penicillins.
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Procaine penicillin is used to treat the following conditions:
- Anthrax Prophylaxis
- Bacterial Infection
- Congenital Syphilis
- Cutaneous Bacillus anthracis
- Diphtheria
- Endocarditis
- Fusospirochetosis, Trench Mouth
- Neurosyphilis
- Pneumonia
- Rat-bite Fever
- Skin or Soft Tissue Infection
- Streptococcal Infection
- Syphilis, Early
- Syphilis, Latent
- Tertiary Syphilis
- Tonsillitis/Pharyngitis
- Upper Respiratory Tract Infection
Drug and food/lifestyle interactions
esomeprazole food/lifestyle
Applies to: Nexium (esomeprazole)
ADJUST DOSING INTERVAL: Food may interfere with the absorption of esomeprazole. The manufacturer reports that the area under the concentration-time curve for esomeprazole following a single 40 mg dose was 33% to 53% lower when administered after food intake as opposed to during fasting conditions.
MANAGEMENT: Esomeprazole should be taken at least one hour before meals. When administered to patients receiving continuous enteral nutrition, some experts recommend that the tube feeding should be interrupted for at least 1 hour before and 1 hour after the dose of esomeprazole is given.
References (2)
- (2001) "Product Information. Nexium (esomeprazole)." Astra-Zeneca Pharmaceuticals
- Wohlt PD, Zheng L, Gunderson S, Balzar SA, Johnson BD, Fish JT (2009) "Recommendations for the use of medications with continuous enteral nutrition." Am J Health Syst Pharm, 66, p. 1438-67
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. |
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