Amoxicillin and Rabeprazole Interaction

Drug interaction information between Amoxicillin and Rabeprazole.

Amoxicillin and Rabeprazole have a documented major interaction in FDA labeling.

FDA drug labeling documents a major-severity interaction between Amoxicillin and Rabeprazole. This page displays the available source-record category and label text. The category is not an individual risk estimate or medication-combination direction.

Drug A

Amoxicillin

Penicillin Antibiotic

Drug B

Rabeprazole

Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI)

How They Interact

Rabeprazole changes the acid levels in your stomach, which can affect how the antibiotic amoxicillin is absorbed and used by your body.

FDA Label Information

Combination Therapy with Clarithromycin and Amoxicillin Clinical Impact: Concomitant administration of clarithromycin with other drugs can lead to serious adverse reactions, including potentially fatal arrhythmias, and are contraindicated. Amoxicillin also has drug interactions. See Drug Interactions in prescribing information for amoxicillin.

Frequently Asked Questions

What SPL severity band is on file for Amoxicillin + Rabeprazole?

Compiled FDA labeling labels this pair major. That is a source-record field, not an individual medication-combination decision.

Which drug in this pair has the larger labeled-interaction portfolio?

Amoxicillin has 12 labeled pairs on file vs Rabeprazole's 7. In the major band specifically: Amoxicillin has 3 (also Lansoprazole, Theophylline); Rabeprazole has 2 (also Clarithromycin).

What mechanism field is on file for Amoxicillin and Rabeprazole?

Rabeprazole changes the acid levels in your stomach, which can affect how the antibiotic amoxicillin is absorbed and used by your body.

Amoxicillin carries more major-labeled pairs than Rabeprazole

SPL source-record counts only. This page's band is major · classes on file: Amoxicillin (Penicillin Antibiotic); Rabeprazole (Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI)).

Amoxicillin has 3 major-labeled pairs vs Rabeprazole's 2.

Amoxicillin

3 major · 2 moderate · 7 minor · 12 total

Rabeprazole

2 major · 0 moderate · 5 minor · 7 total

Sources: FDA Drug Labels (SPL) via openFDA (2026). This is for informational purposes only and is not medical advice. This registry does not provide individual medication-combination directions.