Drug interactions
Bumetanide + Empagliflozin
Severity: Moderate
Bumetanide and Empagliflozin: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Empagliflozin has an osmotic diuretic effect, and combining it with a loop diuretic increases urine output. This can cause volume depletion, hypotension and a decline in renal function, particularly in older or frail patients.
What this interaction means in plain words
Bumetanide and Empagliflozin 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; Empagliflozin belongs to Endocrine.
Why it happens
Additive diuresis and natriuresis through pharmacodynamic synergism.
What to do
Assess volume status, blood pressure and renal function when starting empagliflozin, and consider lowering the bumetanide dose if the patient appears volume depleted.
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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Other interactions of Bumetanide
Other interactions of Empagliflozin
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- Amlodipine-olmesartan-hydrochlorothiazide + Empagliflozin Moderate
- Atenolol-chlorthalidone + Empagliflozin Moderate
- Azilsartan-chlorthalidone + Empagliflozin Moderate
- Bendroflumethiazide + Empagliflozin Moderate
Frequently asked questions
Can I take Bumetanide with Empagliflozin?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Bumetanide and Empagliflozin 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. Empagliflozin has an osmotic diuretic effect, and combining it with a loop diuretic increases urine output. This can cause volume depletion, hypotension and a decline in renal function, particularly in older or frail patients.
How serious is the interaction between Bumetanide and Empagliflozin?
MediHelp rates it moderate, on a four-level scale (minor, moderate, major, contraindicated) based on published labels and references. What to do, in brief: Assess volume status, blood pressure and renal function when starting empagliflozin, and consider lowering the bumetanide dose if the patient appears volume depleted.
What other medicines interact with Bumetanide?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Bumetanide with, for example, Amifostine, Amikacin, Captopril-hydrochlorothiazide. The full list is on the Bumetanide page.
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