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Is there a black box warning re: taking sulfa drugs with paxil (paroxetine) cr?

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Dr. Pamela Pappas answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

No black box warning: No "black box warning" about sulfa drugs with paxil (paroxetine). It can inhibit many of the liver isoenzymes that metabolize other drugs, but there isn't a problem with sulfa drugs.

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Answered 10/1/2013

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