Drug interactions
Empagliflozin-metformin + Methyclothiazide
Severity: Moderate
Empagliflozin-metformin and Methyclothiazide: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Both drugs promote fluid loss, so combining them can lead to volume depletion, hypotension and dizziness. Thiazides may also raise blood glucose and reduce renal function, which affects metformin safety and empagliflozin efficacy.
What this interaction means in plain words
Empagliflozin-metformin and Methyclothiazide 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
Additive diuretic effect: empagliflozin causes osmotic diuresis and natriuresis while the thiazide inhibits distal tubular sodium reabsorption.
What to do
Assess volume status, blood pressure, renal function and electrolytes at baseline and after starting. Consider reducing the diuretic dose in patients prone to volume depletion, and monitor glucose.
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 Methyclothiazide?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Empagliflozin-metformin and Methyclothiazide 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. Both drugs promote fluid loss, so combining them can lead to volume depletion, hypotension and dizziness. Thiazides may also raise blood glucose and reduce renal function, which affects metformin safety and empagliflozin efficacy.
How serious is the interaction between Empagliflozin-metformin and Methyclothiazide?
MediHelp rates it moderate, on a four-level scale (minor, moderate, major, contraindicated) based on published labels and references. What to do, in brief: Assess volume status, blood pressure, renal function and electrolytes at baseline and after starting. Consider reducing the diuretic dose in patients prone to volume depletion, and monitor glucose.
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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