Moxifloxacin Injection

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

282 interactions 387 cited references

Also sold as: Avelox Avelox® I.V. Vigamox

About Moxifloxacin Injection

Moxifloxacin injection is used to treat certain infections caused by bacteria such as pneumonia; and skin and abdominal (stomach area) infections. Moxifloxacin injection is also used to prevent and treat plague (a serious infection that may be spread on purpose as part of a bioterror attack. Moxifloxacin injection may… Read the full Moxifloxacin Injection 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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12 Contraindicated 251 Major 19 Moderate

All (282) Contraindicated (12) Major (251) Moderate (19)

Moderate

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