Gemcitabine Injection

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

27 interactions 659 cited references

Also sold as: Avgemsi Gemzar® Infugem Inlexzo

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 →

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)

Minor

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