Drug interactions
Choline magnesium trisalicylate + Glyburide-metformin
Severity: Moderate
Choline magnesium trisalicylate and Glyburide-metformin: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Salicylates at anti-inflammatory doses can lower blood glucose and potentiate glyburide, causing hypoglycemia. The risk grows with higher doses and renal impairment.
What this interaction means in plain words
Choline magnesium trisalicylate 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.
Why it happens
Salicylates may enhance insulin secretion and displace sulfonylureas from protein binding; the mechanism is not fully established.
What to do
Monitor blood glucose when starting or stopping the salicylate and reduce the glyburide 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 Glyburide-metformin?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Choline magnesium trisalicylate 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. Salicylates at anti-inflammatory doses can lower blood glucose and potentiate glyburide, causing hypoglycemia. The risk grows with higher doses and renal impairment.
How serious is the interaction between Choline magnesium trisalicylate 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 when starting or stopping the salicylate and reduce the glyburide dose if hypoglycemia occurs.
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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