Details of Drug-Drug Interaction
| Drug General Information (ID: DDILYMBU90) | |||||||||
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| Drug Name | Acetazolamide | Drug Info | Desipramine | Drug Info | |||||
| Drug Type | Small molecule | Small molecule | |||||||
| Therapeutic Class | Anticonvulsants | Antidepressants | |||||||
| Structure | |||||||||
| Mechanism of Acetazolamide-Desipramine Interaction (Severity Level: Minor) | |||||||||
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| Altered urine pH Click to Show/Hide Mechanism Graph | |||||||||
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| Drug Name | Acetazolamide | Desipramine | |||||||
| Mechanism | Urine alkalinizer | Urine pH sensitive | |||||||
| Key Mechanism Factor 1 | |||||||||
| Factor Name | Urine pH | ||||||||
| Factor Description | The normal range of urine pH is between 4.5 and 8, depending mainly on the hydrogen ion concentration. Changes in urine pH may significantly affect drug reabsorption and excretion. | ||||||||
| Mechanism Description |
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| References | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | Gram LF, Kofod B, Christiansen J, Rafaelsen OJ "Imipramine metabolism: pH-dependent distribution and urinary excretion." Clin Pharmacol Ther 12 (1971): 239-44. [PMID: 5554940] | ||||||||||||||||||