Generic Name: METRONIDAZOLE - ORAL
Pronounced: (MET-roe-NYE-da-zole)

Flagyl Oral Interactions

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

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

• alcohol-containing products (e.g., cough and cold syrups, aftershave)
• amprenavir oral solution
• disulfiram
• lopinavir/ritonavir oral solution

If you are currently using any of these medications listed above, tell your doctor or pharmacist before starting metronidazole.

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

• "blood thinners" (e.g., warfarin)
• busulfan
• cimetidine
• fluorouracil
• lithium
• mebendazole
• live bacterial vaccines
• drugs for seizures (e.g., phenobarbital, phenytoin)

Although most antibiotics probably do not affect hormonal birth control such as pills, patch, or ring, some antibiotics may decrease their effectiveness. This could cause pregnancy. Examples include rifamycins such as rifampin or rifabutin. Be sure to ask your doctor or pharmacist if you should use additional reliable birth control methods while using this antibiotic.

This medication may interfere with certain laboratory tests (including liver function tests, blood triglyceride levels), possibly causing false test results. Make sure laboratory personnel and 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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