Sizaject Fosphenytoin Sodium Cimetidine
ModerateCimetidine can raise the level of phenytoin in the blood. Fosphenytoin Sodium turns into phenytoin in the body, so this matters here. Cimetidine is on the leaflet's list of drugs that may increase plasma phenytoin concentrations. It also belongs to the group called H2-antagonists, which is on the same list. Other items on the list include acute alcohol intake, amiodarone, chloramphenicol, chlordiazepoxide, diazepam, dicumarol, disulfiram, estrogens, ethosuximide, fluoxetine, halothane, isoniazid, methylphenidate, phenothiazines, phenylbutazone, salicylates, succinimides, sulfonamides, tolbutamide and trazodone.
These medicines are often taken together with some care. Your doctor may change a dose, space them apart or check on you more often. Make sure your doctor and pharmacist know you take both.