Thalidomide

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

8 interactions

Also sold as: Thalomid Thalomid®

About Thalidomide

Thalidomide is used along with dexamethasone to treat multiple myeloma in people who have been recently found to have this disease. It is also used alone or with other medications to treat and prevent skin symptoms of erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL; episodes of skin sores, fever, and nerve damage that occur in people w… Read the full Thalidomide drug information page →

Medically reviewed by Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS · Updated Jun 30, 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 →

Most serious with: Dexamethasone Injection Dexamethasone Ophthalmic Docetaxel Docetaxel Injection

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Thalidomide Dexamethasone Injection Decadron Increased risk of developing toxic epidermal necrolysis Details Thalidomide Dexamethasone Ophthalmic Dexacidin® (as a combination product containing Dexamethasone, Neomycin, Polymyxin B) Increased risk of developing toxic epidermal necrolysis Details Thalidomide Docetaxel Beizray An increased risk of venous thromboembolism Details Thalidomide Docetaxel Injection Beizray An increased risk of venous thromboembolism Details

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