Moxifloxacin and Lefamulin Interaction

Drug interaction information between Moxifloxacin and Lefamulin.

Moxifloxacin and Lefamulin have a documented moderate interaction in FDA labeling.

FDA drug labeling documents a moderate-severity interaction between Moxifloxacin and Lefamulin. 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

Moxifloxacin

Fluoroquinolone Antibiotic

Drug B

Lefamulin

Pleuromutilin Antibiotic

How They Interact

Both of these medicines can affect the electrical timing of your heart. Taking them together increases the risk of developing a life-threatening irregular heartbeat.

FDA Label Information

Therefore, avoid concomitant use of XENLETA Injection and XENLETA Tablets with such drugs (for example, Class IA and III antiarrhythmics, antipsychotics, erythromycin, moxifloxacin, tricyclic antidepressants).

Frequently Asked Questions

What SPL severity band is on file for Moxifloxacin + Lefamulin?

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

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

Moxifloxacin has 10 labeled pairs on file vs Lefamulin's 7. In the moderate band specifically: Moxifloxacin has 1; Lefamulin has 2 (also Erythromycin).

What mechanism field is on file for Moxifloxacin and Lefamulin?

Both of these medicines can affect the electrical timing of your heart. Taking them together increases the risk of developing a life-threatening irregular heartbeat.

Moxifloxacin's labeled portfolio outnumbers Lefamulin

SPL source-record counts only. This page's band is moderate · classes on file: Moxifloxacin (Fluoroquinolone Antibiotic); Lefamulin (Pleuromutilin Antibiotic).

Moxifloxacin

0 major · 1 moderate · 9 minor · 10 total

Moxifloxacin has no other moderate-band peer in this dataset besides Lefamulin.

Lefamulin

0 major · 2 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.