Drug interactions
Bexarotene + Nateglinide
Severity: Moderate
Bexarotene and Nateglinide: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Bexarotene may enhance insulin sensitivity and has been linked to hypoglycemia when combined with insulin secretagogues. Nateglinide could therefore produce stronger glucose lowering.
What this interaction means in plain words
Bexarotene and Nateglinide can affect each other. The combination is often manageable, but it may need a change of dose, a change of timing, or extra checks while both are taken.
Bexarotene belongs to Oncology; Nateglinide belongs to Endocrine.
Why it happens
Additive glucose lowering through insulin sensitization (RXR activation) and enhanced insulin secretion.
What to do
Monitor blood glucose when bexarotene is started. Reduce the nateglinide dose if hypoglycemia occurs.
What to ask your pharmacist
- Should I take them at different times of day?
- Does the dose of either medicine need to change?
- Is there anything I should avoid, such as alcohol or certain foods, while on both?
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- Albiglutide + Nateglinide Moderate
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- Alpelisib + Nateglinide Moderate
- Amiodarone + Nateglinide Moderate
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- Alogliptin-pioglitazone + Bexarotene Moderate
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- Aprepitant + Bexarotene Moderate
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Frequently asked questions
Can I take Bexarotene with Nateglinide?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Bexarotene and Nateglinide can affect each other. The combination is often manageable, but it may need a change of dose, a change of timing, or extra checks while both are taken. Bexarotene may enhance insulin sensitivity and has been linked to hypoglycemia when combined with insulin secretagogues. Nateglinide could therefore produce stronger glucose lowering.
How serious is the interaction between Bexarotene and Nateglinide?
MediHelp rates it moderate, on a four-level scale (minor, moderate, major, contraindicated) based on published labels and references. What to do, in brief: Monitor blood glucose when bexarotene is started. Reduce the nateglinide dose if hypoglycemia occurs.
What other medicines interact with Nateglinide?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Nateglinide with, for example, Albiglutide, Alogliptin-metformin, Alogliptin-pioglitazone. The full list is on the Nateglinide page.
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