Daunorubicin

21 interactions 428 cited references
Also sold as: Cerubidine®
About Daunorubicin

Daunorubicin is used with other chemotherapy drugs to treat a certain type of acute myeloid leukemia (AML; a type of cancer of the white blood cells). Daunorubicin is also used with other chemotherapy drugs to treat a certain type of acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL; a type of cancer of the white blood cells). Daunorubi… Read the full Daunorubicin drug information page →

Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS
Medically reviewed by Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS · Updated Aug 9, 2026 · Editorial policy · Data sources

Sources: FDA prescribing information (Structured Product Labeling), the published literature cited in each entry, DDInter 2.0 (a major open-access drug-interaction database), and legacy DrugBank interaction data distributed by the NIH's RxNav service (decommissioned in 2024) — analyzed and reviewed by our pharmacist team. How we build this library →

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10 Contraindicated 10 Major 1 Moderate
All (21) Contraindicated (10) Major (10) Moderate (1)

Contraindicated

Daunorubicin Bacillus Of Calmette And Guerin Vaccine, Live An increased risk of infection by the live vaccine Details Daunorubicin Dengue Tetravalent Vaccine, Live An increased risk of infection by the live vaccine Details Daunorubicin Measles Virus Vaccine, Live An increased risk of infection by the live vaccine Details Daunorubicin Mumps Virus Vaccine, Live An increased risk of infection by the live vaccine Details Daunorubicin Rubella Virus Vaccine, Live An increased risk of infection by the live vaccine Details Daunorubicin Smallpox Monkeypox Vaccine An increased risk of infection by the live vaccine Details Daunorubicin Tasonermin Increased risk of cardiotoxicity Details Daunorubicin Typhoid Vaccine Typhim VI® An increased risk of infection by the live vaccine Details Daunorubicin Varicella Virus Vaccine, Live An increased risk of infection by the live vaccine Details Daunorubicin Yellow Fever Vaccine Stamaril An increased risk of infection by the live vaccine Details

Major

Daunorubicin Adenovirus Vaccine Type 4, Live An increased risk of infection by the live vaccine Details Daunorubicin Adenovirus Vaccine Type 7, Live An increased risk of infection by the live vaccine Details Daunorubicin Cholera Vaccine Ipol An increased risk of infection by the live vaccine Details Daunorubicin Ebola Zaire Vaccine, Live An increased risk of infection by the live vaccine Details Daunorubicin Influenza Virus Vaccine, Live An increased risk of infection by the live vaccine Details Daunorubicin Margetuximab Increased risk of cardiac dysfunction Details Daunorubicin Pertuzumab Increased risk of cardiomyopathy Details Daunorubicin Rotavirus Vaccine, Live An increased risk of infection by the live vaccine Details Daunorubicin Trastuzumab Increased risk of cardiomyopathy, cardiac dysfunction, arrhythmias, hypertension, disabling cardiac failure and cardiac death Details Daunorubicin Margetuximab-Cmkb Injection Margenza Increased risk of cardiac dysfunction Details

Moderate

Daunorubicin Echinacea Decreased DAUNOrubicin efficacy in treatment of acute myeloid leukemia Details

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