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Atazanavir

Mometasone

Not recommended association.

No pharmaceutical opinion available for this interaction.

Mechanism

Atazanavir can inhibit the metabolism (CYP 3A4) and increase the plasma concentration of Mometasone.

Atazanavir

Pharmacodynamic effects

–

Recommendations

–

Alternative solution(s)

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Mometasone

Pharmacodynamic effects

Possible increase of adverse effects.

Recommendations

Avoid association. Choose an alternative.

Alternative solution(s)

Beclomethasone 100 μg = mometasone 200 μg.

Monitor

Mometasone toxicity : Cushing's syndrome (moon face, buffalo hump, obesity, striations, acne, hirsutism, hypertension, osteoporosis, glucose intolerance, increased risk of infections) and adrenal suppression (melanodermia, fatigue, weakness, hypotension, weight loss, digestive disorders).

Tests

ACTH

Cortisol (plasma)

Pharmacokinetic parameters

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Comment

Ref #3412 : Case report of a 54 year-old VIH+ woman on tenofovir, raltegravir and darunavir/ritonavir who developed severe unrecognized exogenous Cushing’s syndrome from the concomitant administration with the potent inhaled glucocorticoid mometasone.

The accumulation of corticosteroids can cause Cushing's syndrome (moon face, excitation/insomnia, hypertension, increased appetite and weight, ease of doing bruising) and potentially a suppression of the hypothalamic-pituitary axis, which could lead to adrenal insufficiency.

The safest corticosteroid is beclomethasone (Qvar) since its metabolism is mainly by an esterification mechanism.

Ref #2550 and #2551 : A cross-sectional study (n = 11 783) suggests lower prevalence of adrenal insufficiency with beclomethasone than with other corticosteroids currently available on the market. Pharmacokinetic studies with beclomethasone and ritonavir or combination darunavir/ritonavir demonstrated that there were no clinically significant pharmacokinetic interactions. No variation of blood cortisol have been observed.

Comment
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