PMID- 30479183 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190103 LR - 20190103 IS - 1744-7607 (Electronic) IS - 1742-5255 (Linking) VI - 15 IP - 1 DP - 2019 Jan TI - Drug-drug interactions in patients receiving hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. PG - 49-59 LID - 10.1080/17425255.2019.1552256 [doi] AB - Recipients of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) are exposed to numerous drugs in both pre- and post-transplantation period, which creates an opportunity for drug-drug interactions (DDIs); if clinically relevant DDIs happen, the risk of adverse treatment outcomes is increased. Areas covered: This review is focused on DDIs in recipients of HSCT that were observed and published as clinical trials, case series or case reports. Relevant publications were found by the systematic search of the following online databases: MEDLINE, SCOPUS, EBSCO, and SCINDEX. Expert opinion: The most important DDIs involve cytostatic or immunosuppressant drug on one side, and antimicrobial drugs on the other. The majority of clinically relevant interactions have pharmacokinetic character, involving drug metabolizing enzymes in the liver. Antifungal azoles inhibit metabolism of many cytostatic and immunosuppressant drugs at cytochromes and increase their plasma concentrations. Macrolide antibiotics and fluoroqunolones should be avoided in HSCT recipients, as they have much larger potential for DDIs than other antibiotic groups. HSCT recipients increasingly receive new immunomodulating drugs, and further observational studies are needed to reveal unsuspected DDIs with clinical relevance. FAU - Pejcic, Ana AU - Pejcic A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1741-0025 AD - a Faculty of Medical Sciences , University of Kragujevac , Kragujevac , Serbia. FAU - Jankovic, Slobodan M AU - Jankovic SM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1519-8828 AD - a Faculty of Medical Sciences , University of Kragujevac , Kragujevac , Serbia. FAU - Opancina, Valentina AU - Opancina V AD - a Faculty of Medical Sciences , University of Kragujevac , Kragujevac , Serbia. FAU - Babic, Goran AU - Babic G AD - a Faculty of Medical Sciences , University of Kragujevac , Kragujevac , Serbia. FAU - Milosavljevic, Milos AU - Milosavljevic M AD - a Faculty of Medical Sciences , University of Kragujevac , Kragujevac , Serbia. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20181127 PL - England TA - Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol JT - Expert opinion on drug metabolism & toxicology JID - 101228422 RN - 0 (Anti-Infective Agents) RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (Immunosuppressive Agents) SB - IM MH - Anti-Infective Agents/administration & dosage/adverse effects MH - Antineoplastic Agents/administration & dosage/adverse effects MH - *Drug Interactions MH - Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions/*epidemiology MH - Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation/*methods MH - Humans MH - Immunosuppressive Agents/administration & dosage/adverse effects OTO - NOTNLM OT - Drug-drug interactions OT - cytostatic drugs OT - hematopoietic stem cell transplantation OT - immunosuppressant drugs OT - prevention EDAT- 2018/11/28 06:00 MHDA- 2019/01/04 06:00 CRDT- 2018/11/28 06:00 PHST- 2018/11/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/01/04 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/11/28 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1080/17425255.2019.1552256 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol. 2019 Jan;15(1):49-59. doi: 10.1080/17425255.2019.1552256. Epub 2018 Nov 27.