Drug interactions
Dapagliflozin-metformin + Dexamethasone
Severity: Moderate
Dapagliflozin-metformin and Dexamethasone: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Dexamethasone is a potent glucocorticoid that commonly causes hyperglycemia and can offset the glucose-lowering effect of metformin and dapagliflozin. Marked rises in glucose can occur even with short courses.
What this interaction means in plain words
Dapagliflozin-metformin and Dexamethasone 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.
Dapagliflozin-metformin belongs to Endocrine; Dexamethasone belongs to Endocrine.
Why it happens
Glucocorticoids increase hepatic gluconeogenesis and induce peripheral insulin resistance, opposing the glucose-lowering effect.
What to do
Monitor blood glucose closely during dexamethasone therapy and adjust or add glucose-lowering therapy as needed; reduce doses again when the steroid ends.
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 Dapagliflozin-metformin with Dexamethasone?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Dapagliflozin-metformin and Dexamethasone 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. Dexamethasone is a potent glucocorticoid that commonly causes hyperglycemia and can offset the glucose-lowering effect of metformin and dapagliflozin. Marked rises in glucose can occur even with short courses.
How serious is the interaction between Dapagliflozin-metformin and Dexamethasone?
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 during dexamethasone therapy and adjust or add glucose-lowering therapy as needed; reduce doses again when the steroid ends.
What other medicines interact with Dapagliflozin-metformin?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Dapagliflozin-metformin with, for example, Contrast media, Diatrizoate, Diatrizoate meglumine / diatrizoate. The full list is on the Dapagliflozin-metformin page.
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