Deferasirox

Name: Deferasirox Drug Interactions
Creator: Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS

43 interactions 96 cited references

Also sold as: Exjade Exjade® Jadenu Jadenu®

About Deferasirox

Deferasirox is used to treat adults and children 2 years of age and older who have too much iron in their body because they received many blood transfusions. It is also used to treat adults and children 10 years of age and older who have too much iron in their body because of a genetic blood disorder called non–transfu… Read the full Deferasirox drug information page →

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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41 Major 2 Moderate

All (43) Major (41) Moderate (2)

Major

Deferasirox Methotrexate Injection Abitrexate® Increased methotrexate exposure, an increased risk of methotrexate-related severe adverse reactions, reduced active metabolite for... Details

Moderate

Deferasirox Amodiaquine Increased amodiaquine plasma concentrations Details Deferasirox Repaglinide Prandin® Increased repaglinide plasma concentrations Details

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