Drug interactions
Bumetanide + Glyburide-metformin
Severity: Moderate
Bumetanide and Glyburide-metformin: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Loop diuretics can raise blood glucose and reduce the effect of antidiabetic drugs. Volume depletion and reduced renal function from bumetanide may also increase metformin exposure.
What this interaction means in plain words
Bumetanide and Glyburide-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; Glyburide-metformin belongs to Endocrine.
Why it happens
Diuretic-induced hypokalemia may impair insulin secretion, and volume depletion may reduce renal metformin clearance.
What to do
Monitor blood glucose, potassium and renal function. 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 Glyburide-metformin
Other interactions of Bumetanide
Frequently asked questions
Can I take Bumetanide with Glyburide-metformin?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Bumetanide and Glyburide-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 reduce the effect of antidiabetic drugs. Volume depletion and reduced renal function from bumetanide may also increase metformin exposure.
How serious is the interaction between Bumetanide and Glyburide-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, potassium and renal function. Adjust antidiabetic doses as needed.
What other medicines interact with Glyburide-metformin?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Glyburide-metformin with, for example, Bosentan, Cholic acid, Clarithromycin. The full list is on the Glyburide-metformin page.
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