Some medicines can have an influence on the blood levels of Dienosis and can make it less effective, or can cause undesirable effects.
These include: medicines used for the treatment of: epilepsy (e.g. phenytoin, barbiturates, primidone, carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine, topiramate, felbamate); tuberculosis (e.g. rifampicin); HIV and Hepatitis C Virus infections (so-called protease inhibitors and non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors such as ritonavir, nevirapine, efavirenz); fungal infections (griseofulvin, ketoconazole).
The herbal remedy St. John's wort.
Ask the doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking any medicine.
Dienosis with food and drink: During Dienosis treatment, the patient should avoid drinking grapefruit juice, because this may increase the levels of Dienosis in the blood. This may increase the risk of getting side effects.
Laboratory tests:
If the patient needs a blood test, Dienosis can affect the results of some tests.