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Isordil Oral

Drug Interactions


Generic Name: ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE - ORAL
Pronounced: (EYE-soe-SOR-bide dye-NYE-trate)

Isordil Oral Interactions

Your doctor or pharmacist may already be aware of any possible drug interactions and may be monitoring you for them. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicine before checking with your doctor or pharmacist first.

This drug should not be used with the following medications because very serious (possibly fatal) interactions may occur:

  • drugs to treat erectile dysfunction (such as sildenafil, tadalafil, vardenafil)


If you are currently using any of these medications, tell your doctor or pharmacist before starting isosorbide dinitrate.

Before using this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist of all prescription and nonprescription/herbal products you may use, especially of:

  • rosiglitazone
  • certain drugs to treat migraine headaches (ergot alkaloids such as ergotamine)
  • drugs that lower blood pressure (including alpha blockers such as tamsulosin)


This medication may interfere with certain laboratory tests (including blood cholesterol levels), possibly causing false test results. Make sure laboratory personnel and all your doctors know you use this drug.

This document does not contain all possible interactions. Therefore, before using this product, tell your doctor or pharmacist of all the products you use. Keep a list of all your medications with you, and share the list with your doctor and pharmacist.

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