Plax Drug Interactions

Medicinal products associated with bleeding risk: There is an increased risk of bleeding due to the potential additive effect. The concomitant administration of medicinal products associated with bleeding risk should be undertaken with caution.
Oral anticoagulants: The concomitant administration of clopidogrel with oral anticoagulants is not recommended since it may increase the intensity of bleedings.
Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors: Clopidogrel should be used with caution in patients who receive concomitant glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors.
Acetylsalicylic acid (ASA): A pharmacodynamic interaction between clopidogrel and acetylsalicylic acid is possible, leading to increased risk of bleeding. Therefore, concomitant use should be undertaken with caution.
Heparin: Co-administration of heparin had no effect on the inhibition of platelet aggregation induced by clopidogrel. A pharmacodynamic interaction between clopidogrel and heparin is possible, leading to increased risk of bleeding. Therefore, concomitant use should be undertaken with caution.
Thrombolytics: The incidence of clinically significant bleeding was similar to that when thrombolytic agents and heparin are co-administered with ASA.
NSAIDs: The concomitant administration of clopidogrel and naproxen increased occult gastrointestinal blood loss. Consequently, NSAIDs including COX-2 inhibitors and clopidogrel should be co-administered with caution.
SSRIs: Since SSRIs affect platelet activation and increase the risk of bleeding, the concomitant administration of SSRIs with clopidogrel should be undertaken with caution.
Other concomitant therapy: Since clopidogrel is metabolised to its active metabolite partly by CYP2C19, use of medicinal products that inhibit the activity of this enzyme would be expected to result in reduced drug levels of the active metabolite of clopidogrel. As a precaution concomitant use of strong or moderate CYP2C19 inhibitors should be discouraged.
Medicinal products that are strong or moderate CYP2C19 inhibitors include, for example, omeprazole and esomeprazole, fluvoxamine, fluoxetine, moclobemide, voriconazole, fluconazole, ticlopidine, carbamazepine, and efavirenz.
Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPI): As a precaution, concomitant use of omeprazole or esomeprazole should be discouraged.
Clopidogrel can be administered with pantoprazole.
There is no evidence that other medicinal products that reduce stomach acid such as H2 blockers or antacids interfere with antiplatelet activity of clopidogrel.
CYP2C8 substrate medicinal products: Due to the risk of increased plasma concentrations, concomitant administration of clopidogrel and drugs primarily cleared by CYP2C8 metabolism (e.g., repaglinide, paclitaxel) should be undertaken with caution.