Amiodarone and Lapatinib interaction

Amiodarone and Lapatinib: the Lapatinib prescribing label flags this combination with the strongest language, such as a contraindication, a boxed warning, or an instruction to avoid it.

Major

Do not combine without a prescriber's guidance. The label language below is the strongest FDA uses.

What the FDA labels say

From the Lapatinib (TYKERB) label · effective 2026-01-27

Major

These conditions include patients with hypokalemia or hypomagnesemia, with congenital long QT syndrome, patients taking antiarrhythmic medicines or other medicinal products with known risk for QT prolongation/ Torsades de Pointes, and cumulative high-dose anthracycline therapy.

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Major

Avoid strong CYP3A4 inhibitors.

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Major

If unavoidable, consider dose reduction of TYKERB in patients coadministered a strong CYP3A4 inhibitor.

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Moderate

TYKERB may prolong the QT interval in some patients.

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Moderate

Ketoconazole : In healthy subjects receiving ketoconazole, a CYP3A4 inhibitor, at 200 mg twice daily for 7 days, systemic exposure (AUC) to lapatinib was increased to approximately 3.6-fold of control and half-life increased to 1.7-fold of control.

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