Nifedipine

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Also sold as: Adalat® Adalat® CC Afeditab CR Afeditab® CR Nifedical® XL Nifeditab® CR Procardia Procardia® Procardia® XL
About Nifedipine

Nifedipine is a calcium-channel blocker used to treat high blood pressure and chest pain from angina. Read the full Nifedipine 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 →

Contraindicated

Nifedipine Colchicine Colcrys Increased colchicine exposure and an increased risk of colchicine toxicity Details Nifedipine Encorafenib Braftovi Reduced NIFEdipine exposure and reduced efficacy of NIFEdipine Details Nifedipine Apalutamide Erleada Reduced NIFEdipine exposure and reduced efficacy of NIFEdipine Details Nifedipine Carbamazepine Carbatrol Reduced NIFEdipine exposure and reduced efficacy of NIFEdipine Details Nifedipine Ensitrelvir Increased CYP3A substrates exposure and an increased risk of CYP3A substrates-related adverse effects Details Nifedipine Enzalutamide Xtandi Reduced NIFEdipine exposure and reduced efficacy of NIFEdipine Details Nifedipine Fosphenytoin Cerebyx Reduced NIFEdipine exposure and reduced efficacy of NIFEdipine Details Nifedipine Ivosidenib Tibsovo Reduced NIFEdipine exposure and reduced efficacy of NIFEdipine Details Nifedipine Lumacaftor Reduced NIFEdipine exposure and reduced efficacy of NIFEdipine Details Nifedipine Mitotane Lysodren Reduced NIFEdipine exposure and reduced efficacy of NIFEdipine Details Nifedipine Phenobarbital Fidoquel Reduced NIFEdipine exposure Details Nifedipine Phenytoin Dilantin Reduced NIFEdipine exposure and reduced efficacy of NIFEdipine Details Nifedipine Primidone Mysoline Reduced NIFEdipine exposure Details Nifedipine Rifabutin Mycobutin Reduced NIFEdipine exposure Details Nifedipine Rifampin Rifadin Reduced NIFEdipine exposure and reduced efficacy of NIFEdipine Details Nifedipine Rifapentine Priftin Reduced NIFEdipine exposure and reduced efficacy of NIFEdipine Details Nifedipine St John's Wort Reduced NIFEdipine exposure and reduced efficacy of NIFEdipine Details

Major

Nifedipine Abametapir Increased exposure of CYP3A4 substrate Details Nifedipine Relugolix Orgovyx Increased relugolix exposure and reduced NIFEdipine exposure Details Nifedipine Acarbose Prandase® An increased risk of hyperglycemia and may lead to loss of glucose control Details Nifedipine Asciminib Scemblix Increased NIFEdipine exposure Details Nifedipine Azithromycin AzaSite Increased NIFEdipine exposure Details Nifedipine Belumosudil Rezurock Increased NIFEdipine exposure Details Nifedipine Bicalutamide Casodex Increased NIFEdipine exposure Details Nifedipine Atorvastatin Atorvaliq Increased NIFEdipine exposure Details Nifedipine Amlodipine Amvaz® Increased NIFEdipine exposure Details Nifedipine Bexarotene Targretin Reduced NIFEdipine exposure Details Nifedipine Bexarotene Topical Targretin Reduced NIFEdipine exposure Details Nifedipine Brigatinib Alunbrig Reduced NIFEdipine exposure Details Nifedipine Brivaracetam Briviact Reduced NIFEdipine exposure Details Nifedipine Brivaracetam Injection Briviact Reduced NIFEdipine exposure Details Nifedipine Brodalumab Injection Siliq Increased NIFEdipine exposure Details Nifedipine Clonidine Transdermal Patch Catapres An increased risk of worsen sinus node dysfunction and atrioventricular node conduction, an increased risk of bradycardia and AV b... Details Nifedipine Clopidogrel Plavix Decreased antiplatelet effect and increased risk of thrombotic events Details Nifedipine Clotrimazole Aardora Anti-Fungal Maximum Strength Increased NIFEdipine exposure Details Nifedipine Clotrimazole Lozenge Mycelex® Increased NIFEdipine exposure Details Nifedipine Clotrimazole Topical Cruex Antifungal Increased NIFEdipine exposure Details Nifedipine Clotrimazole Vaginal Gyne-Lotrimin 3® Cream Increased NIFEdipine exposure Details Nifedipine Cyclosporine Injection Atopica Increased NIFEdipine exposure, increased cycloSPORINE exposure and an increased risk of gingival hyperplasia Details Nifedipine Cyclosporine Ophthalmic Cequa Increased NIFEdipine exposure, increased cycloSPORINE exposure and an increased risk of gingival hyperplasia Details

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