Gemcitabine Injection

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About Gemcitabine Injection

Gemcitabine is used in combination with carboplatin to treat ovarian cancer (cancer that begins in the female reproductive organs where eggs are formed) that returned at least 6 months after finishing a previous treatment. It also used in combination with paclitaxel (Abraxane, Taxol) to treat breast cancer that has not… Read the full Gemcitabine Injection drug information page →

Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS
Medically reviewed by Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS · Updated Aug 10, 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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9 Contraindicated 14 Major 4 Minor
All (27) Contraindicated (9) Major (14) Minor (4)

Contraindicated

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

Major

Gemcitabine Injection Adenovirus Vaccine Type 4, Live An increased risk of infection by the live vaccine Details Gemcitabine Injection Adenovirus Vaccine Type 7, Live An increased risk of infection by the live vaccine Details Gemcitabine Injection Azathioprine Azasan An increased risk of hepatotoxicity Details Gemcitabine Injection Cedazuridine Increased exposure of cytidine deaminase substrates and increased risk of toxicity Details Gemcitabine Injection Cholera Vaccine Ipol An increased risk of infection by the live vaccine Details Gemcitabine Injection Ebola Zaire Vaccine, Live An increased risk of infection by the live vaccine Details Gemcitabine Injection Hexaminolevulinate Increased risk of false positive cytoscopy results Details Gemcitabine Injection Influenza Virus Vaccine, Live An increased risk of infection by the live vaccine Details Gemcitabine Injection Islatravir Reduced islatravir-triphosphate exposure and reduced efficacy of islatravir Details Gemcitabine Injection Levoketoconazole Recorlev Increased risk of serious hepatotoxicity and drug-induced liver injury Details Gemcitabine Injection Mercaptopurine Purinethol® An increased risk of hepatotoxicity Details Gemcitabine Injection Methotrexate Jylamvo Increased methotrexate exposure, an increased risk of methotrexate-related severe adverse reactions, reduced active metabolite for... Details Gemcitabine Injection Rotavirus Vaccine, Live An increased risk of infection by the live vaccine Details Gemcitabine Injection Warfarin Coumadin An increased risk of bleeding Details

Minor

Gemcitabine Injection Capecitabine Xeloda Enhanced fluorouracil systemic exposure and possible toxicity Details Gemcitabine Injection Doxifluridine Enhanced fluorouracil systemic exposure and possible toxicity Details Gemcitabine Injection Fluorouracil Adrucil Enhanced fluorouracil systemic exposure and possible toxicity Details Gemcitabine Injection Tegafur Enhanced fluorouracil systemic exposure and possible toxicity Details

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