Drug interactions
Bumetanide + Glipizide-metformin
Severity: Moderate
Bumetanide and Glipizide-metformin: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Loop diuretics can raise blood glucose and may reduce the effect of antidiabetic drugs. Volume depletion and renal impairment from bumetanide may also increase the risk of metformin accumulation.
What this interaction means in plain words
Bumetanide and Glipizide-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; Glipizide-metformin belongs to Endocrine.
Why it happens
Diuretic-induced hypokalemia and impaired insulin secretion oppose glucose lowering, and reduced renal function can raise metformin levels.
What to do
Monitor blood glucose, electrolytes and renal function, and adjust antidiabetic doses as needed.
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 Glipizide-metformin
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Frequently asked questions
Can I take Bumetanide with Glipizide-metformin?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Bumetanide and Glipizide-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 raise blood glucose and may reduce the effect of antidiabetic drugs. Volume depletion and renal impairment from bumetanide may also increase the risk of metformin accumulation.
How serious is the interaction between Bumetanide and Glipizide-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 blood glucose, electrolytes and renal function, and adjust antidiabetic doses as needed.
What other medicines interact with Glipizide-metformin?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Glipizide-metformin with, for example, Contrast media, Diatrizoate meglumine / diatrizoate, Diatrizoate. The full list is on the Glipizide-metformin page.
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