Theophylline and Medroxyprogesterone Interaction

Drug interaction information between Theophylline and Medroxyprogesterone.

Theophylline and Medroxyprogesterone have a documented major interaction in FDA labeling.

FDA drug labeling documents a major-severity interaction between Theophylline and Medroxyprogesterone. 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

Theophylline

Methylxanthine Bronchodilator

Drug B

Medroxyprogesterone

Progestogen

How They Interact

Medroxyprogesterone is a hormone that can change the speed at which your liver clears theophylline from your system.

FDA Label Information

albuterol, systemic and inhaled mebendazole amoxicillin medroxyprogesterone ampicillin, with or without sulbactam methylprednisolone atenolol metronidazole azithromycin metoprolol caffeine, dietary ingestion nadolol cefaclor nifedipine co-trimoxazole (trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole) nizatidine diltiazem norfloxacin dirithromycin ofloxacin enflurane omeprazole famotidine prednisone, prednisolone felodipine ranitidine finasteride rifabutin hydrocortisone roxithromycin isoflurane Sorbitol (purgative doses do not inhibit theophylline absorption) isoniazid sucralfate isradipine terbutaline,...

Frequently Asked Questions

What SPL severity band is on file for Theophylline + Medroxyprogesterone?

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?

Theophylline has 86 labeled pairs on file vs Medroxyprogesterone's 11. In the major band specifically: Theophylline has 27 (also Metoprolol, Albuterol, Omeprazole, Amoxicillin); Medroxyprogesterone has 1.

What mechanism field is on file for Theophylline and Medroxyprogesterone?

Medroxyprogesterone is a hormone that can change the speed at which your liver clears theophylline from your system.

Theophylline carries more major-labeled pairs than Medroxyprogesterone

SPL source-record counts only. This page's band is major · classes on file: Theophylline (Methylxanthine Bronchodilator); Medroxyprogesterone (Progestogen).

Theophylline has 27 major-labeled pairs vs Medroxyprogesterone's 1.

Theophylline

27 major · 5 moderate · 54 minor · 86 total

Medroxyprogesterone

1 major · 0 moderate · 10 minor · 11 total

Medroxyprogesterone has no other major-band peer in this dataset besides Theophylline.

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.