Drug interactions
Choline magnesium trisalicylate + Glipizide
Severity: Moderate
Choline magnesium trisalicylate and Glipizide: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Salicylates at anti-inflammatory doses can potentiate sulfonylurea effects and lower blood glucose, leading to hypoglycemia. Risk increases with higher doses and renal impairment.
What this interaction means in plain words
Choline magnesium trisalicylate and Glipizide 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.
Why it happens
Salicylates displace sulfonylureas from protein binding and have intrinsic hypoglycemic activity.
What to do
Monitor blood glucose closely and reduce the glipizide dose if hypoglycemia occurs.
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 Choline magnesium trisalicylate with Glipizide?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Choline magnesium trisalicylate and Glipizide 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. Salicylates at anti-inflammatory doses can potentiate sulfonylurea effects and lower blood glucose, leading to hypoglycemia. Risk increases with higher doses and renal impairment.
How serious is the interaction between Choline magnesium trisalicylate and Glipizide?
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 closely and reduce the glipizide dose if hypoglycemia occurs.
What other medicines interact with Glipizide?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Glipizide with, for example, Disopyramide, Fluconazole, Insulin degludec-liraglutide. The full list is on the Glipizide page.
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