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Voriconazole greatly increases the exposure to oral buprenorphine.

Mari FihlmanTuija HemmiläNora M HagelbergJanne T BackmanJouko LaitilaKari LainePertti J NeuvonenKlaus T OlkkolaTeijo I Saari
Published in: European journal of clinical pharmacology (2018)
Voriconazole greatly increases exposure to oral buprenorphine, mainly by inhibiting intestinal and liver CYP3A4. Effect on some transporters may explain elevated norbuprenorphine concentrations. Although oral buprenorphine is not commonly used, this interaction may become relevant in patients receiving sublingual buprenorphine together with voriconazole or other CYP3A4 or transporter inhibitors.
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