Drug interactions
Ertugliflozin-sitagliptin + Gymnema
Severity: Moderate
Ertugliflozin-sitagliptin and Gymnema: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Gymnema sylvestre has glucose-lowering activity and may add to the effect of ertugliflozin and sitagliptin. Patients taking it with antidiabetic agents may experience lower glucose levels than expected.
What this interaction means in plain words
Ertugliflozin-sitagliptin and Gymnema 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
Gymnema may reduce intestinal glucose absorption and enhance insulin secretion, giving additive pharmacodynamic glucose lowering.
What to do
Monitor blood glucose when gymnema is started or stopped, and reduce antidiabetic doses if low readings occur.
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 Ertugliflozin-sitagliptin with Gymnema?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Ertugliflozin-sitagliptin and Gymnema 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. Gymnema sylvestre has glucose-lowering activity and may add to the effect of ertugliflozin and sitagliptin. Patients taking it with antidiabetic agents may experience lower glucose levels than expected.
How serious is the interaction between Ertugliflozin-sitagliptin and Gymnema?
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 gymnema is started or stopped, and reduce antidiabetic doses if low readings occur.
What other medicines interact with Ertugliflozin-sitagliptin?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Ertugliflozin-sitagliptin with, for example, Albiglutide, Aripiprazole, Asenapine. The full list is on the Ertugliflozin-sitagliptin page.
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