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What the FDA labels say about taking them together

Mirtazapine and moxifloxacin

Mirtazapine's FDA label of August 6, 2025 names moxifloxacin in its warnings and precautions section; the moxifloxacin labels PlainMeds reads (3) do not name mirtazapine. The mirtazapine label: “Prolongation and Torsades de Pointes The effect of REMERON (mirtazapine) on QTc interval was assessed in a clinical randomized trial with placebo and positive (moxifloxacin) controls involving 54 healthy volunteers …”

Check it at the source: the mirtazapine FDA label on DailyMed (effective August 6, 2025, Organon LLC); the moxifloxacin FDA label on DailyMed (effective March 17, 2026, Macleods Pharmaceuticals Limited).

What does the mirtazapine label say about moxifloxacin?

Mirtazapine label, warnings and precautions

Prolongation and Torsades de Pointes The effect of REMERON (mirtazapine) on QTc interval was assessed in a clinical randomized trial with placebo and positive (moxifloxacin) controls involving 54 healthy volunteers using exposure response analysis.

Source: FDA drug label (REMERON), Organon LLC, effective August 6, 2025 (SPL set 98ad1917-a094-44f5-a28f-a64a8cfcd887), via openFDA; the full label on DailyMed

What does the moxifloxacin label say about mirtazapine?

Moxifloxacin's label (effective March 17, 2026) and its 2 other brand-application labels do not name mirtazapine in these sections. A label lists what its studies and reports found; it is not a complete list.

Source: FDA drug label (Moxifloxacin), Macleods Pharmaceuticals Limited, effective March 17, 2026 (SPL set 182ecd0f-714f-42f0-9b16-fb604cf15786), via openFDA; the full label on DailyMed

These are the labels' own sentences. PlainMeds does not grade interactions; a pharmacist or prescriber can say what they mean for one person's medicines.

Both medicines on the record

36Mirtazapine generic labelers
32Moxifloxacin generic labelers
MirtazapineMoxifloxacin
Labeled forDepressionBacterial infections
Boxed warningYesYes
Pharmacy cost (NADAC)$0.063 per tablet 15 mg tablet$1.60 per mL 0.5% eye drops
Shortage nowNo current entryA presentation being discontinued

Source: FDA NDC Directory, CMS NADAC of October 7, 2026 and the FDA Drug Shortage Database (FDA files October 8, 2026)

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