Drug interactions
Empagliflozin-metformin + Torsemide
Severity: Moderate
Empagliflozin-metformin and Torsemide: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Torsemide and empagliflozin both promote diuresis, increasing the risk of volume depletion, hypotension and acute kidney injury, which may in turn raise metformin accumulation risk. Loop diuretics may also slightly worsen glucose control.
What this interaction means in plain words
Empagliflozin-metformin and Torsemide 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; Torsemide belongs to Cardiovascular.
Why it happens
Additive diuretic effects cause volume depletion and reduced renal perfusion.
What to do
Monitor volume status, blood pressure, electrolytes and renal function, and reduce the diuretic dose if volume depletion occurs. Hold the combination during dehydrating illness.
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 Empagliflozin-metformin
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Frequently asked questions
Can I take Empagliflozin-metformin with Torsemide?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Empagliflozin-metformin and Torsemide 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. Torsemide and empagliflozin both promote diuresis, increasing the risk of volume depletion, hypotension and acute kidney injury, which may in turn raise metformin accumulation risk. Loop diuretics may also slightly worsen glucose control.
How serious is the interaction between Empagliflozin-metformin and Torsemide?
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 volume status, blood pressure, electrolytes and renal function, and reduce the diuretic dose if volume depletion occurs. Hold the combination during dehydrating illness.
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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