Azithromycin and Rifabutin interaction
Azithromycin and Rifabutin: the Rifabutin 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 Rifabutin label · effective 2026-09-01
ND ↓ AUC by 27 – 40% Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim 800/160 mg 300 mg once a day HIV-infected patients (12) ↔ ↓ AUC by 15–20% ANTI-MAC (Mycobacterium avium intracellulare complex) Azithromycin 500 mg once a day for 1 day, then 250 mg once a day for 9 days 300 mg once a day Healthy subjects (6) ↔ ↔ Clarithromycin 500 mg twice a day 300 mg once a day HIV-infected…
Uveitis Due to the possible occurrence of uveitis, patients should also be carefully monitored when rifabutin is given in combination with clarithromycin (or other macrolides) and/or fluconazole and related compounds (see PRECAUTIONS-Drug Interactions, Table 2 ).
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