Drug interactions
Chlorothiazide + Exenatide
Severity: Moderate
Chlorothiazide and Exenatide: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Thiazide diuretics can reduce insulin sensitivity and raise blood glucose, which may offset the benefit of exenatide. The effect is dose-related and most noticeable early in therapy or when doses increase.
What this interaction means in plain words
Chlorothiazide and Exenatide 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.
Chlorothiazide belongs to Cardiovascular; Exenatide belongs to Endocrine.
Why it happens
Thiazide-induced hypokalemia and reduced insulin sensitivity oppose the glucose-lowering action of exenatide (pharmacodynamic antagonism).
What to do
Monitor blood glucose and potassium when starting, stopping, or changing the thiazide dose, and adjust antidiabetic therapy 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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Frequently asked questions
Can I take Chlorothiazide with Exenatide?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Chlorothiazide and Exenatide 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. Thiazide diuretics can reduce insulin sensitivity and raise blood glucose, which may offset the benefit of exenatide. The effect is dose-related and most noticeable early in therapy or when doses increase.
How serious is the interaction between Chlorothiazide and Exenatide?
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 and potassium when starting, stopping, or changing the thiazide dose, and adjust antidiabetic therapy as needed.
What other medicines interact with Exenatide?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Exenatide with, for example, Chlorpropamide, Asenapine, Betamethasone. The full list is on the Exenatide page.
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