Dofetilide and Megestrol interaction

Dofetilide and Megestrol: the Dofetilide 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 Dofetilide label · effective 2026-04-24

Major

In addition, other known inhibitors of the renal cation transport system such as prochlorperazine, dolutegravir and megestrol should not be used in patients on dofetilide.

Contraindicationsnames MegestrolView label on DailyMed
No interaction

…cimetidine (see CONTRAINDICATIONS ), trimethoprim alone or in combination with sulfamethoxazole (see WARNINGS, CONTRAINDICATIONS ), prochlorperazine (see WARNINGS, CONTRAINDICATIONS ), megestrol (see WARNINGS, CONTRAINDICATIONS ), ketoconazole (see WARNINGS, CONTRAINDICATIONS ), dolutegravir (see CONTRAINDICATIONS ), hydrochlorothiazide (alone or in combinations such…

Precautionsnames MegestrolView label on DailyMed
No interaction

In addition, studies in healthy volunteers have shown that dofetilide does not affect the pharmacokinetics or pharmacodynamics of warfarin, or the pharmacokinetics of propranolol (40 mg twice daily), phenytoin, theophylline, or oral contraceptives.

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