Drug Interaction Renin Angiotensin System Inhibitor Bactrim

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Drug-interactions

• combination may increase risk of

• hyperkalemia

• it seems as if trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole is alone among antibiotics in this interaction with renin-angiotensin inhibitors

More General Terms

• drug interaction

References

- Antoniou T et al. Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole-induced hyperkalemia in patients receiving inhibitors of the renin-angiotensin system: A population-based study. Arch Intern Med 2010 Jun 28; 170:1045. PMID: [1] drug interaction(s) of renin-angiotensin inhibitors with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole