Posaconazole and Suvorexant Interaction

Drug interaction information between Posaconazole and Suvorexant.

Posaconazole and Suvorexant have a documented moderate interaction in FDA labeling.

FDA drug labeling documents a moderate-severity interaction between Posaconazole and Suvorexant. 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

Posaconazole

Azole Antifungal

Drug B

Suvorexant

Orexin Receptor Antagonist

How They Interact

Posaconazole stops your body from clearing suvorexant, which can lead to higher levels of the sleep medicine in your system than intended.

FDA Label Information

CYP3A Inhibitors Concomitant use of BELSOMRA with strong inhibitors of CYP3A (e.g., ketoconazole, itraconazole, posaconazole, clarithromycin, nefazodone, ritonavir, saquinavir, nelfinavir, indinavir, boceprevir, telaprevir, telithromycin and conivaptan) is not recommended [see Clinical Pharmacology (12.3) ].

Frequently Asked Questions

What SPL severity band is on file for Posaconazole + Suvorexant?

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?

Posaconazole has 27 labeled pairs on file vs Suvorexant's 15. In the moderate band specifically: Posaconazole has 5 (also Efavirenz, Lovastatin, Tacrolimus Topical, Vorapaxar); Suvorexant has 4 (also Ketoconazole, Clarithromycin, Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir).

What mechanism field is on file for Posaconazole and Suvorexant?

Posaconazole stops your body from clearing suvorexant, which can lead to higher levels of the sleep medicine in your system than intended.

Posaconazole carries more major-labeled pairs than Suvorexant

SPL source-record counts only. This page's band is moderate · classes on file: Posaconazole (Azole Antifungal); Suvorexant (Orexin Receptor Antagonist).

Posaconazole has 5 major-labeled pairs vs Suvorexant's 0. This page itself is in the moderate band, not the major band.

Posaconazole

5 major · 5 moderate · 17 minor · 27 total

Suvorexant

0 major · 4 moderate · 11 minor · 15 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.