The main metabolism of domperidone occurs with the participation of isoenzyme CYP3A4. Study in vitro demonstrated that the combined use of drugs that significantly inhibit this enzyme can cause the appearance of elevated concentrations of domperidone in the blood plasma.
Individual research in vivo pharmacokinetic / pharmacodynamic interactions of domperidone with ketoconazole or erythromycin for oral administration with the participation of healthy volunteers confirmed a significant inhibition of SURCA4-mediated presystemic metabolism of domperidone with these drugs.
Increased risk of lengthening the interval QT as a result of pharmacodynamic and / or pharmacokinetic interactions
With the combined use of domperidone 10 mg for oral administration four times a day and ketoconazole 200 mg twice daily, the average elongation interval QT, equal to 9.8 ms, was observed during the observation period with changes in individual time points in the range 1.2-17.5 ms. With the combined use of domperidone 10 mg for oral administration four times a day and erythromycin 500 mg for oral administration three times a day, the average elongation QT during the observation period was 9.9 ms with changes in individual time points in the range 1.6-14.3 ms. FROMmOh and AUC domperidone in the equilibrium state were increased approximately three-fold in each of the studies of interactions. In these studies, monotherapy with domperidone 10 mg for oral administration four times a day, caused an increase in the mean interval QTc, (study of ketoconazole) and 2.5 ms (study of erythromycin), whereas monotherapy with ketoconazole (200 mg twice daily) and monotherapy with erythromycin (500 mg three times a day) resulted in an increase interval QTc, which amounted to 3.8 and 4.9 ms during the observation period respectively.
Contraindicated joint use with the following drugs
Drugs that extend the interval QTc:
- antiarrhythmic drugs class IA (e.g., disopyramide, hydroquinidine, quinidine);
- antiarrhythmic drugs of class III (eg, amiodarone, dofetilide, drondrone, ibutilide, sotalol);
- some antipsychotics (eg, haloperidol, pimozide, sertindole):
- some antidepressants (for example, citalopram, escitalopram);
- Some antibiotics (for example, erythromycin, levofloxacin, moxifloxacin, spiramycin);
- some antifungal medicinal preparations (for example, pentamidine);
- some antimalarial drugs (especially halofantrine, lumefantrine);
- some gastrointestinal agents (e.g., cisapride, dolasetron, prukalopride);
- some antihistamines (eg, mequitazine, misolastine);
- some drugs used in cancer (for example, toremifene, vandetanib, wincamine);
- Some other medications (for example, beprideal, diphenemann, methadone);
- powerful inhibitors CYP3A4 (regardless of the effects that extend the interval QT), namely: HIV protease inhibitors; systemic azole antifungal drugs; some macrolides (eg, erythromycin, clarithromycin and telithromycin).
It is not recommended joint use of the following drugs
Moderate inhibitors of isoenzyme CYP3A4, namely diltiazem, verapamil and some macrolides.
Joint use of the following medicines requires caution
Caution should be exercised with the simultaneous use of drugs that induce bradycardia and hypokalemia, as well as macrolides that extend the interval QT: azithromycin and roxithromycin (clarithromycin is contraindicated, since it is a potent inhibitor of isoenzyme CYP3A4). The above list of drugs is typical and not exhaustive.