Please tell the doctor or pharmacist if the patient is taking or has recently taken any other medicines, including medicines the patient has obtained without a prescription. When used in combination, Paclitaxel should be given before cisplatin. Paclitaxel should be given 24 hours after doxorubicin.
Special care should be observed if the patient is taking medicines which influence the metabolism of paclitaxel such as: erythromycin, fluoxetine, gemfibrozil, rifampicin, carbamazepine, phenytoin, phenobarbital, efavirenz, and nevirapine and for HIV patients receiving protease inhibitors (ritonavir, nelfinavir) as concomitant therapy.