Pimozide and Moxifloxacin Interaction

Drug interaction information between Pimozide and Moxifloxacin.

Pimozide and Moxifloxacin have a documented minor interaction in FDA labeling.

FDA drug labeling documents a minor-severity interaction between Pimozide and Moxifloxacin. 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

Moxifloxacin

Fluoroquinolone Antibiotic

How They Interact

Both drugs can cause a change in the heart's electrical rhythm. Taking them together increases the risk of a dangerous heartbeat.

FDA Label Information

Accordingly, pimozide should not be given with dofetilide, sotalol, quinidine, other Class Ia and III anti-arrhythmics, mesoridazine, thioridazine, chlorpromazine, droperidol, sparfloxacin, gatifloxacin, moxifloxacin, halofantrine, mefloquine, pentamidine, arsenic trioxide, levomethadyl acetate, dolasetron mesylate, probucol, tacrolimus, ziprasidone, or other drugs that have demonstrated QT prolongation as one of their pharmacodynamic effects.

Frequently Asked Questions

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

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?

Pimozide has 24 labeled pairs on file vs Moxifloxacin's 10. In the minor band specifically: Pimozide has 12 (also Ziprasidone, Chlorpromazine, Thioridazine, Sotalol); Moxifloxacin has 9 (also Warfarin, Sotalol, Sucralfate, Zinc Sulfate).

What mechanism field is on file for Pimozide and Moxifloxacin?

Both drugs can cause a change in the heart's electrical rhythm. Taking them together increases the risk of a dangerous heartbeat.

Pimozide carries more major-labeled pairs than Moxifloxacin

SPL source-record counts only. This page's band is minor · classes on file: Pimozide (Typical Antipsychotic); Moxifloxacin (Fluoroquinolone Antibiotic).

Pimozide has 12 major-labeled pairs vs Moxifloxacin's 0. This page itself is in the minor band, not the major band.

Pimozide

12 major · 0 moderate · 12 minor · 24 total

Moxifloxacin

0 major · 1 moderate · 9 minor · 10 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.