Drug interactions
Bumetanide + Canagliflozin-metformin
Severity: Moderate
Bumetanide and Canagliflozin-metformin: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Loop diuretics can modestly raise blood glucose, and bumetanide together with canagliflozin increases the risk of volume depletion. Dehydration and renal impairment may also increase metformin accumulation.
What this interaction means in plain words
Bumetanide and Canagliflozin-metformin 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.
Bumetanide belongs to Cardiovascular; Canagliflozin-metformin belongs to Endocrine.
Why it happens
Diuretic-related glucose intolerance and additive diuresis causing volume depletion and reduced renal function.
What to do
Monitor glucose, volume status, blood pressure and renal function. Consider reducing the diuretic dose if volume depletion 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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Frequently asked questions
Can I take Bumetanide with Canagliflozin-metformin?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Bumetanide and Canagliflozin-metformin 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. Loop diuretics can modestly raise blood glucose, and bumetanide together with canagliflozin increases the risk of volume depletion. Dehydration and renal impairment may also increase metformin accumulation.
How serious is the interaction between Bumetanide and Canagliflozin-metformin?
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 glucose, volume status, blood pressure and renal function. Consider reducing the diuretic dose if volume depletion occurs.
What other medicines interact with Canagliflozin-metformin?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Canagliflozin-metformin with, for example, Contrast media, Diatrizoate, Diatrizoate meglumine / diatrizoate. The full list is on the Canagliflozin-metformin page.
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