Digoxin and Ketoconazole Interaction

Drug interaction information between Digoxin and Ketoconazole.

Digoxin and Ketoconazole have a documented minor interaction in FDA labeling.

FDA drug labeling documents a minor-severity interaction between Digoxin and Ketoconazole. 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

Digoxin

Cardiac Glycoside

Drug B

Ketoconazole

Azole Antifungal

How They Interact

Ketoconazole can cause the amount of digoxin in your blood to go up. This happens because the drug interferes with how your body processes and removes digoxin.

FDA Label Information

Conivaptan 33% 43% Diltiazem 20% NA Indomethacin 40% NA Mirabegron 29% 27% Nefazodone 27% 15% Nifedipine 45% NA Propantheline 24% 24% Quinine NA 33% Rabeprazole 29% 19% Saquinavir 27% 49% Spironolactone 25% NA Telmisartan 20 to 49% NA Tricagrelor 31% 28% Tolvaptan 30% 20% Trimethoprim 22 to 28% NA Digoxin concentrations increased, but magnitude is unclear Alprazolam, azithromycin, cyclosporine, diclofenac, diphenoxylate, epoprostenol, esomeprazole, ibuprofen, ketoconazole, lansoprazole, metformin, omeprazole Measure serum digoxin concentrations before initiating concomitant drugs.

Frequently Asked Questions

What SPL severity band is on file for Digoxin + Ketoconazole?

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

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

Digoxin has 120 labeled pairs on file vs Ketoconazole's 113. In the minor band specifically: Digoxin has 105 (also Metformin, Omeprazole, Ibuprofen, Diclofenac); Ketoconazole has 85 (also Abiraterone, Acetaminophen/Oxycodone, Alosetron, Amphotericin B).

What mechanism field is on file for Digoxin and Ketoconazole?

Ketoconazole can cause the amount of digoxin in your blood to go up. This happens because the drug interferes with how your body processes and removes digoxin.

Ketoconazole carries more major-labeled pairs than Digoxin

SPL source-record counts only. This page's band is minor · classes on file: Digoxin (Cardiac Glycoside); Ketoconazole (Azole Antifungal).

Ketoconazole has 6 major-labeled pairs vs Digoxin's 2. This page itself is in the minor band, not the major band.

Digoxin

2 major · 13 moderate · 105 minor · 120 total

Ketoconazole

6 major · 22 moderate · 85 minor · 113 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.