Rimstar 4 Drug Interactions

Notify the physician when the following drugs are being taken or have been taken recently: Oral contraceptives or hormone replacement therapies; anticoagulants; tablets for diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disorders or epilepsy; medicines for stomach problems including antacids and cimetidine; medications for pain eg, morphine or codeine; disulfiram (a medicine used to treat drinking problems); medicines for anxiety or sleeplessness; medicines for gout, medications containing sulfinpyrazone, allopurinol, colchicine, probenecid; steroid tablets; chloramphenicol or ketoconazole; dapsone, methadone or theophylline; cyclosporin A or azathioprine; diuretics; and medicines with potential of neurotoxicity.
Rifampicin can delay the biliary excretion of contrast media employed in the x-ray of the gallbladder. Microbiological techniques for assaying folic acid and vitamin B12 in the serum are unsuitable for use during treatment with rifampicin.
Rifampicin causes temporary competitive inhibition of bromsulphthalein excretion. Tyramine- (cheese, red wine) and histamine- (tuna, tropical fish) containing foods should be avoided in patients receiving Rimstar 4.