Celebrex 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 them first.

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

• cidofovir

If you are currently using the medication listed above, tell your doctor or pharmacist before starting celecoxib.

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

• anti-platelet drugs (e.g., cilostazol, clopidogrel)
• high blood pressure drugs (including ACE inhibitors such as captopril, lisinopril and angiotensin II receptor blockers such as losartan, valsartan)
• oral bisphosphonates (e.g., alendronate)
• "blood thinners" (e.g., enoxaparin, heparin, warfarin)
• corticosteroids (e.g., prednisone)
• desmopressin
• fluconazole
• lithium
• pemetrexed
• "water pills" (diuretics such as furosemide, hydrochlorothiazide, triamterene)

Check all prescription and nonprescription medicine labels carefully for other pain/fever drugs (NSAIDs such as aspirin, naproxen, ibuprofen). These drugs are similar to this medication, so taking one of these drugs while also taking this medication may increase your risk of side effects. However, if your doctor has prescribed low doses of aspirin to prevent heart attack or stroke (usually at dosages of 81-325 milligrams a day), you should continue to take the aspirin. Daily use of NSAIDs (e.g., ibuprofen) may decrease aspirin's ability to prevent heart attack/stroke. Consult your doctor or pharmacist for more details and to discuss other possible treatments (e.g., acetaminophen) for your pain/fever.

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.