Taking Pyrocalm Control tablets with other medicines

Please tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, have recently taken or might take any other medicines, including medicines obtained without a prescription. This is because Pyrocalm Control Tablets can affect the way some medicines work and some medicines can have an effect on Pyrocalm Control Tablets.

  • Do not take Pyrocalm Control Tablets if you are taking a medicine containing nelfinavir (used to treat HIV infection).
  • You should specifically tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking clopidogrel (used to prevent blood clots (thrombi)).
  • Do not take this medicine with other medicines that limit the amount of acid produced in your stomach such as other proton pump inhibitors(e.g. pantoprazole, rabeprazole or esomeprazole) or an H2 antagonist(e.g. ranitidine or famotidine).
  • You may take this medicine with antacids (e.g. alginic acid, sodium bicarbonate, aluminium hydroxide, magnesium carbonate or combinations of these) if needed.

Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking any of the following medicines:

  • Ketoconazole, itraconazole, posaconazole or voriconazole (used to treat infections caused by a fungus)
  • Clarithromycin (used to treat infections)
  • Digoxin (used to treat heart problems)
  • Diazepam (used to treat anxiety, relax muscles or in epilepsy)
  • Phenytoin (used in epilepsy). If you are taking phenytoin, your doctor will need to monitor you when you start or stop taking Pyrocalm Control Tablets
  • Medicines that are used to thin your blood, such as warfarin or other vitamin K blockers. Your doctor may need to monitor you when you start or stop taking Pyrocalm Control Tablets
  • Rifampicin (used to treat tuberculosis)
  • Atazanavir (used to treat HIV infection)
  • Tacrolimus (in cases of organ transplantation)
  • St John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum) (used to treat mild depression)
  • Cilostazol (used to treat intermittent claudication)
  • Saquinavir (used to treat HIV infection)
  • Erlotinib (used to treat cancer)
  • Methotrexate (a chemotherapy medicine used in high doses to treat cancer) – if you are taking a high dose of methotrexate, your doctor may temporarily stop your Omeprazole treatment.