Atazanavir / ritonavir

Oxcarbazepine

Not recommended association.

No pharmaceutical opinion available for this interaction.

Mechanism

Oxcarbazepine can induce the metabolism (CYP 3A4) and decrease the plasma concentration of Atazanavir / ritonavir.

Atazanavir / ritonavir

Pharmacodynamic effects

Possible decrease of clinical efficacy.

Recommendations

Monitor for signs and symptoms of therapeutic failure.

Should not be administered without low-dose ritonavir or cobicistat.

Alternative solution(s)

Oxcarbazepine

Pharmacodynamic effects

Recommendations

Avoid association. Choose an alternative.

Alternative solution(s)

As clinically indicated : brivaracetam, gabapentin, lacosamide, lamotrigine, levetiracetam, pregabalin, rufinamide, topiramate, vigabatrin, zonisamide.

Monitor

Tests

Atazanavir plasma level

CD4+

Viral load HIV

Pharmacokinetic parameters

Comment

Ref #3570: TDM data were evaluated 11 HIV-positive patients treated concomitantly with carbamazepine or oxcarbazepine and antiretrovirals for at least 3 months. All the TDM evaluations for carbamazepine and oxcarbazepine were within therapeutic ranges. Conversely, trough concentrations for atazanavir demonstrated significantly lower values (- 65%) when compared with values usually measured in HIV-infected patients not treated with antiepileptic drugs.

Reference
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    Ritonavir (Norvir), Corporation AbbVie, Quebec, Canada, 5 juillet 2021.
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    Oxcarbazepine (Trileptal), Novartis, Québec, Canada, 18 mars 2015.