Details of Drug-Drug Interaction
| Drug General Information (ID: DDI6HRD5OF) | |||||||||
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| Drug Name | Nabumetone | Drug Info | Pralatrexate | Drug Info | |||||
| Drug Type | Small molecule | Small molecule | |||||||
| Therapeutic Class | Nsaids/Analgesics | Antimetabolites | |||||||
| Structure | |||||||||
| Mechanism of Nabumetone-Pralatrexate Interaction (Severity Level: Moderate) | |||||||||
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| Decreased renal excretion (Unspecific) Click to Show/Hide Mechanism Graph | |||||||||
| Drug Name | Nabumetone | Pralatrexate | |||||||
| Mechanism | Competitive inhibition of renal excretion of pralatrexate | Pralatrexate | |||||||
| Key Mechanism Factor 1 | |||||||||
| Factor Name | Pharmacokinetics | ||||||||
| Factor Description | Alters the excretion of the drug, resulting in changes in the plasma concentration of the drug and affecting the pharmacological effects. | ||||||||
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| Recommended Action | |||||||||
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| Management | Caution is advised if pralatrexate is prescribed in combination with trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole or NSAIDs. Complete blood cell counts as well as renal and hepatic function should be closely monitored. Treatment interruption or dose reduction of pralatrexate may be required if toxicities such as mucositis, myelosuppression, or liver enzyme abnormalities develop. Patients should be advised to contact their physician if they develop oral ulcers, painful swallowing, vomiting, diarrhea, and/or signs and symptoms of myelosuppression such as pallor, dizziness, fatigue, lethargy, fainting, easy bruising or bleeding, or signs of infection such as fever, chills, sore throat, body aches, and other influenza-like symptoms. | ||||||||
| References | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | Product Information. Folotyn (pralatrexate). Allos Therapeutics, Westminster, CO. | ||||||||||||||||||
