Medroxyprogesterone and Theophylline interaction
Medroxyprogesterone and Theophylline: the Theophylline prescribing label 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 Theophylline label · effective 2026-01-29
Estrogen Estrogen containing oral contraceptives decrease theophylline clearance in a dose-dependent fashion.
…documented not to interact with theophylline or drugs that produce no clinically significant interaction with theophylline.* albuterol, systemic and inhaled mebendazole amoxicillin medroxyprogesterone ampicillin, with or without methylprednisolone sulbactam metronidazole atenolol metoprolol azithromycin nadolol caffeine, dietary ingestion nifedipine cefaclor nizatidine…
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Open in the checkerNot medical advice. Interaction Checker quotes FDA label text and NIH fact sheets. Whether an interaction matters for you depends on doses, timing, kidney and liver function, and other conditions. Confirm with a pharmacist or prescriber.