Aminophylline and Sucralfate interaction
Aminophylline and Sucralfate: both prescribing labels describe 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 Sucralfate label · effective 2026-01-01
Drug Interactions Some studies have shown that simultaneous sucralfate administration in healthy volunteers reduced the extent of absorption (bioavailability) of single doses of the following: cimetidine, digoxin, fluoroquinolone antibiotics, ketoconazole, l-thyroxine, phenytoin, quinidine, ranitidine, tetracycline, and theophylline.
From the Aminophylline label · effective 2026-05-22
…nifedipine nizatidine norfloxacin ofloxacin omeprazole prednisone, prednisolone ranitidine rifabutin roxithromycin sorbitol (purgative doses do not inhibit theophylline absorption) sucralfate terbutaline, systemic terfenadine tetracycline tocainide The Effect of Other Drugs on Theophylline Serum Concentration Measurements: Most serum theophylline assays in clinical…
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