Pimozide and Darunavir Interaction

Drug interaction information between Pimozide and Darunavir.

Pimozide and Darunavir have a documented major interaction in FDA labeling.

FDA drug labeling documents a major-severity interaction between Pimozide and Darunavir. 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

Pimozide

Typical Antipsychotic

Drug B

Darunavir

HIV Protease Inhibitor

How They Interact

Darunavir increases the level of pimozide in the body, which can cause the heart to beat in a dangerous way.

FDA Label Information

pimozide ↑ pimozide Co-administration is contraindicated due to potential for serious and/or life-threatening reactions such as cardiac arrhythmias.

Frequently Asked Questions

What SPL severity band is on file for Pimozide + Darunavir?

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?

Darunavir has 101 labeled pairs on file vs Pimozide's 24. In the major band specifically: Pimozide has 12 (also Aprepitant, Citalopram, Clarithromycin, Escitalopram); Darunavir has 15 (also Lovastatin, Sildenafil, Lurasidone, Midazolam).

What mechanism field is on file for Pimozide and Darunavir?

Darunavir increases the level of pimozide in the body, which can cause the heart to beat in a dangerous way.

Darunavir carries more major-labeled pairs than Pimozide

SPL source-record counts only. This page's band is major · classes on file: Pimozide (Typical Antipsychotic); Darunavir (HIV Protease Inhibitor).

Darunavir has 15 major-labeled pairs vs Pimozide's 12.

Pimozide

12 major · 0 moderate · 12 minor · 24 total

Darunavir

15 major · 16 moderate · 70 minor · 101 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.