Drug interactions
Glimepiride-pioglitazone + Nabumetone
Severity: Moderate
Glimepiride-pioglitazone and Nabumetone: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Nabumetone may enhance the hypoglycemic effect of glimepiride. NSAIDs can also cause fluid retention and renal impairment, which matters with pioglitazone.
What this interaction means in plain words
Glimepiride-pioglitazone and Nabumetone 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; Nabumetone belongs to Musculoskeletal.
Why it happens
Possible protein-binding displacement and prostaglandin-mediated effects; mechanism is not firmly established.
What to do
Monitor blood glucose when starting or stopping nabumetone and adjust the glimepiride dose if needed. Watch for edema.
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 Nabumetone?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Glimepiride-pioglitazone and Nabumetone 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. Nabumetone may enhance the hypoglycemic effect of glimepiride. NSAIDs can also cause fluid retention and renal impairment, which matters with pioglitazone.
How serious is the interaction between Glimepiride-pioglitazone and Nabumetone?
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 starting or stopping nabumetone and adjust the glimepiride dose if needed. Watch for edema.
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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