Drug interactions
Fluoxetine + Insulin isophane protamine human
Severity: Moderate
Fluoxetine and Insulin isophane protamine human: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Fluoxetine can improve insulin sensitivity and lower blood glucose, which may increase hypoglycemia in insulin-treated patients. Hypoglycemia awareness may also be blunted in some patients.
What this interaction means in plain words
Fluoxetine and Insulin isophane protamine human 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.
Fluoxetine belongs to Central Nervous System; Insulin isophane protamine human belongs to Endocrine.
Why it happens
Serotonergic effects on insulin sensitivity and glucose metabolism add to insulin's glucose-lowering action; exact mechanism uncertain.
What to do
Monitor glucose more frequently when fluoxetine is started, changed or stopped, and reduce the insulin dose if hypoglycemia develops.
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 Fluoxetine with Insulin isophane protamine human?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Fluoxetine and Insulin isophane protamine human 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. Fluoxetine can improve insulin sensitivity and lower blood glucose, which may increase hypoglycemia in insulin-treated patients. Hypoglycemia awareness may also be blunted in some patients.
How serious is the interaction between Fluoxetine and Insulin isophane protamine human?
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 glucose more frequently when fluoxetine is started, changed or stopped, and reduce the insulin dose if hypoglycemia develops.
What other medicines interact with Insulin isophane protamine human?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Insulin isophane protamine human with, for example, Ethanol, Pioglitazone, Rosiglitazone. The full list is on the Insulin isophane protamine human page.
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