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What the FDA labels say about taking them together

Nefazodone and nifedipine

Nifedipine's FDA label of December 24, 2024 names nefazodone in its drug interactions section; the nefazodone label PlainMeds reads does not name nifedipine. The nifedipine label: “CYP3A inhibitors such as fluconazole, itraconazole, clarithromycin, erythromycin, nefazodone, fluoxetine, saquinavir, indinavir, and nelfinavir may result in increased exposure to nifedipine when co-administered.”

Check it at the source: the nefazodone FDA label on DailyMed (effective July 31, 2025, Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.); the nifedipine FDA label on DailyMed (effective December 24, 2024, Aurobindo Pharma Limited).

What does the nefazodone label say about nifedipine?

Nefazodone's label (effective July 31, 2025) does not name nifedipine in these sections. A label lists what its studies and reports found; it is not a complete list.

Source: FDA drug label (Nefazodone Hydrochloride), Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., effective July 31, 2025 (SPL set 51ff7db5-aaf9-4c3c-86e6-958ebf16b60f), via openFDA; the full label on DailyMed

What does the nifedipine label say about nefazodone?

Nifedipine label, drug interactions

CYP3A inhibitors CYP3A inhibitors such as ketoconazole, fluconazole, itraconazole, clarithromycin, erythromycin (Azithromycin, although structurally related to the class of macrolide antibiotic is void of clinically relevant CYP3A4 inhibition), grapefruit, nefazodone, fluoxetine, saquinavir, indinavir, nelfinavir, and ritonavir may result in increased exposure to nifedipine when co-administered.

Procardia Xl label (Pfizer Laboratories Div Pfizer Inc, December 16, 2025), drug interactions

CYP3A inhibitors such as fluconazole, itraconazole, clarithromycin, erythromycin, nefazodone, fluoxetine, saquinavir, indinavir, and nelfinavir may result in increased exposure to nifedipine when co-administered.

Source: FDA drug label (Procardia Xl, NDA019684), Pfizer Laboratories Div Pfizer Inc, effective December 16, 2025 (SPL set 8ebcb33c-f43b-4b36-9f94-9774b2a59e06), via openFDA

Source: FDA drug label (Nifedipine), Aurobindo Pharma Limited, effective December 24, 2024 (SPL set eb70b7ff-f9f0-41d0-901a-f4c04ae9ed46), 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

2Nefazodone generic labelers
32Nifedipine generic labelers
NefazodoneNifedipine
Labeled forDepressionHigh blood pressure, Angina
Boxed warningYesNo
Pharmacy cost (NADAC)$1.17 per tablet 100 mg tablet$0.130 per tablet 30 mg tablet
Shortage nowNo current entryNo current entry

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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