Drug interactions
Glimepiride-pioglitazone + Insulin lispro
Severity: Moderate
Glimepiride-pioglitazone and Insulin lispro: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Insulin lispro added to glimepiride and pioglitazone produces additive glucose lowering and a higher chance of hypoglycemia. Insulin with pioglitazone can also increase fluid retention and edema, and may unmask heart failure.
What this interaction means in plain words
Glimepiride-pioglitazone and Insulin lispro 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.
Glimepiride-pioglitazone belongs to Endocrine; Insulin lispro belongs to Endocrine.
Why it happens
Additive pharmacodynamic glucose-lowering effects, with pioglitazone-related fluid retention being augmented by insulin.
What to do
Monitor blood glucose and reduce the insulin or glimepiride dose if hypoglycemia occurs. Assess regularly for edema, rapid weight gain and heart failure symptoms.
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 Glimepiride-pioglitazone with Insulin lispro?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Glimepiride-pioglitazone and Insulin lispro 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. Insulin lispro added to glimepiride and pioglitazone produces additive glucose lowering and a higher chance of hypoglycemia. Insulin with pioglitazone can also increase fluid retention and edema, and may unmask heart failure.
How serious is the interaction between Glimepiride-pioglitazone and Insulin lispro?
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 and reduce the insulin or glimepiride dose if hypoglycemia occurs. Assess regularly for edema, rapid weight gain and heart failure symptoms.
What other medicines interact with Glimepiride-pioglitazone?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Glimepiride-pioglitazone with, for example, Fluconazole, Gemfibrozil, Insulin aspart. The full list is on the Glimepiride-pioglitazone page.
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