Alprostadil and Salsalate interaction
Alprostadil and Salsalate: the Salsalate prescribing label describes an interaction that usually calls for monitoring, a dose change, or spacing the doses.
Usually manageable with monitoring or a dose change. Tell your pharmacist you take both.
What the FDA labels say
From the Salsalate label · effective 2024-02-08
Renal toxicity has also been seen in patients in whom renal prostaglandins have a compensatory role in the maintenance of renal perfusion.
In these patients, administration of a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug may cause a dose-dependent reduction in prostaglandin formation and, secondarily, in renal blood flow, which may precipitate overt renal decompensation.
This response has been attributed to inhibition of renal prostaglandin synthesis.
These effects have been attributed to inhibition of renal prostaglandin synthesis by the NSAID.
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