SOME interaction checkers flag an interaction between a calcium channel blocker and a macrolide antibiotic
March 2011
You'll see SOME interaction checkers flag an interaction between a calcium channel blocker and a macrolide antibiotic.
Clarithromycin and erythromycin are CYP3A4 inhibitors and therefore can inhibit the metabolism of calcium channel blockers.
This can boost serum levels of the calcium channel blocker...and possibly increase its effects. For example, erythromycin more than DOUBLES levels of felodipine.
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