Drug interactions
Canagliflozin-metformin + Olanzapine
Severity: Moderate
Canagliflozin-metformin and Olanzapine: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Olanzapine commonly causes weight gain, insulin resistance and hyperglycemia. These effects can undermine glycemic control with canagliflozin-metformin.
What this interaction means in plain words
Canagliflozin-metformin and Olanzapine 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.
Canagliflozin-metformin belongs to Endocrine; Olanzapine belongs to Central Nervous System.
Why it happens
Olanzapine induces insulin resistance and weight gain, opposing the antidiabetic drugs.
What to do
Monitor fasting glucose and HbA1c regularly and intensify the antidiabetic regimen as required. Consider a metabolically safer antipsychotic if control is poor.
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 Canagliflozin-metformin with Olanzapine?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Canagliflozin-metformin and Olanzapine 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. Olanzapine commonly causes weight gain, insulin resistance and hyperglycemia. These effects can undermine glycemic control with canagliflozin-metformin.
How serious is the interaction between Canagliflozin-metformin and Olanzapine?
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 fasting glucose and HbA1c regularly and intensify the antidiabetic regimen as required. Consider a metabolically safer antipsychotic if control is poor.
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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