A member asked:

If i needed to take azithromycin for pid, could i withhold (with monitoring) my diltiazem medication for a few days so that i can take azithromycine?

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Dr. Saptarshi Bandyopadhyay answered

Specializes in Hospital-based practice

Lower dose, maybe: Azithromycin increases the levels of Diltiazem, & Diltiazem will increase the levels (effects) of Azithromycin when taken 2gether. Maybe a reasonable way forward is 2 talk to ur doctor abt decreasing the dose or taking smaller amounts of both. If u r at the lowest dose of Diltiazem, then holding off on Diltiazem is a reasonable option. U shd be monitored while taking Azithromycin during this stage

Answered 2/3/2017

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