Drug interactions
Glimepiride-pioglitazone + Salicylates
Severity: Moderate
Glimepiride-pioglitazone and Salicylates: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Salicylates in sufficient doses lower blood glucose and may displace sulfonylureas from protein binding. This can increase hypoglycemia with glimepiride.
What this interaction means in plain words
Glimepiride-pioglitazone and Salicylates 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
Additive glucose lowering and possible displacement from plasma protein binding.
What to do
Monitor blood glucose when using regular or high-dose salicylates and reduce glimepiride dose if hypoglycemia occurs.
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 Salicylates?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Glimepiride-pioglitazone and Salicylates 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. Salicylates in sufficient doses lower blood glucose and may displace sulfonylureas from protein binding. This can increase hypoglycemia with glimepiride.
How serious is the interaction between Glimepiride-pioglitazone and Salicylates?
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 using regular or high-dose salicylates and reduce glimepiride dose if hypoglycemia occurs.
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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