Drug interactions
Empagliflozin-metformin + Isocarboxazid
Severity: Moderate
Empagliflozin-metformin and Isocarboxazid: moderate interaction.
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Summary
MAO inhibitors can enhance insulin sensitivity and lower blood glucose, which may add to the effect of antidiabetic drugs and cause hypoglycemia.
What this interaction means in plain words
Empagliflozin-metformin and Isocarboxazid 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.
Empagliflozin-metformin belongs to Endocrine; Isocarboxazid belongs to Central Nervous System.
Why it happens
MAO inhibition may enhance insulin secretion or sensitivity, giving an additive hypoglycemic effect; the mechanism is not fully established.
What to do
Monitor blood glucose when starting or stopping isocarboxazid and reduce antidiabetic doses 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 Empagliflozin-metformin with Isocarboxazid?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Empagliflozin-metformin and Isocarboxazid 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. MAO inhibitors can enhance insulin sensitivity and lower blood glucose, which may add to the effect of antidiabetic drugs and cause hypoglycemia.
How serious is the interaction between Empagliflozin-metformin and Isocarboxazid?
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 isocarboxazid and reduce antidiabetic doses if hypoglycemia occurs.
What other medicines interact with Empagliflozin-metformin?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Empagliflozin-metformin with, for example, Contrast media, Diatrizoate meglumine / diatrizoate, Diatrizoate. The full list is on the Empagliflozin-metformin page.
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