Clarithromycin and Fluconazole Interaction

Drug interaction information between Clarithromycin and Fluconazole.

Clarithromycin and Fluconazole have a documented major interaction in FDA labeling.

FDA drug labeling documents a major-severity interaction between Clarithromycin and Fluconazole. 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

Clarithromycin

Macrolide Antibiotic

Drug B

Fluconazole

Azole Antifungal

How They Interact

These two drugs do not significantly affect each other's levels in the body.

FDA Label Information

Fluconazole No Dose Adjustment Fluconazole: [see Pharmacokinetics ( 12.3 )] Anti-Gout Agents: Colchicine (in patients with renal or hepatic impairment) Contraindicated Colchicine: Colchicine is a substrate for both CYP3A and the efflux transporter, P-glycoprotein (Pgp).

Frequently Asked Questions

What SPL severity band is on file for Clarithromycin + Fluconazole?

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?

Clarithromycin has 81 labeled pairs on file vs Fluconazole's 67. In the major band specifically: Clarithromycin has 16 (also Quetiapine, Pioglitazone, Cyclosporine, Lurasidone); Fluconazole has 3 (also Pimozide, Eplerenone).

What mechanism field is on file for Clarithromycin and Fluconazole?

These two drugs do not significantly affect each other's levels in the body.

Clarithromycin carries more major-labeled pairs than Fluconazole

SPL source-record counts only. This page's band is major · classes on file: Clarithromycin (Macrolide Antibiotic); Fluconazole (Azole Antifungal).

Clarithromycin has 16 major-labeled pairs vs Fluconazole's 3.

Clarithromycin

16 major · 35 moderate · 30 minor · 81 total

Fluconazole

3 major · 7 moderate · 57 minor · 67 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.