Drug interactions
Disopyramide + Glimepiride-pioglitazone
Severity: Moderate
Disopyramide and Glimepiride-pioglitazone: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Disopyramide can cause hypoglycemia, sometimes severe, and may add to the effect of glimepiride. Elderly patients and those with renal impairment or poor nutrition are at the greatest risk.
What this interaction means in plain words
Disopyramide and Glimepiride-pioglitazone 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.
Disopyramide belongs to Cardiovascular; Glimepiride-pioglitazone belongs to Endocrine.
Why it happens
Disopyramide stimulates insulin secretion through pancreatic potassium channel effects, which adds to the sulfonylurea effect.
What to do
Monitor blood glucose closely, especially in elderly or renally impaired patients. Reduce the glimepiride 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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Other interactions of Glimepiride-pioglitazone
Other interactions of Disopyramide
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- Desipramine + Disopyramide Contraindicated
- Disopyramide + Dronedarone Contraindicated
- Disopyramide + Itraconazole Contraindicated
- Disopyramide + Ketoconazole Contraindicated
- Disopyramide + Maprotiline Contraindicated
Frequently asked questions
Can I take Disopyramide with Glimepiride-pioglitazone?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Disopyramide and Glimepiride-pioglitazone 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. Disopyramide can cause hypoglycemia, sometimes severe, and may add to the effect of glimepiride. Elderly patients and those with renal impairment or poor nutrition are at the greatest risk.
How serious is the interaction between Disopyramide and Glimepiride-pioglitazone?
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, especially in elderly or renally impaired patients. Reduce the glimepiride dose if hypoglycemia occurs.
What other medicines interact with Glimepiride-pioglitazone?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Glimepiride-pioglitazone with, for example, Fluconazole, Gemfibrozil, Insulin aspart. The full list is on the Glimepiride-pioglitazone page.
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