Drug interactions
Glipizide + Trimipramine
Severity: Minor
Glipizide and Trimipramine: minor interaction.
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Summary
Tricyclic antidepressants may modestly enhance the glucose-lowering effect of sulfonylureas and can mask or alter hypoglycemia symptoms. Clinically significant hypoglycemia is uncommon but possible.
What this interaction means in plain words
Glipizide and Trimipramine have a small, usually unimportant interaction. Most people can take both; the pharmacist may still mention it so that any unexpected effect is recognised.
Glipizide belongs to Endocrine; Trimipramine belongs to Central Nervous System.
Why it happens
Additive pharmacodynamic effects on glucose regulation, possibly through altered insulin sensitivity.
What to do
Monitor blood glucose when trimipramine is started or stopped in patients taking glipizide. Reduce the sulfonylurea dose if hypoglycemia occurs.
What to ask your pharmacist
- Is there anything I should notice while taking both?
- Do I need to tell my doctor at the next visit?
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Frequently asked questions
Can I take Glipizide with Trimipramine?
MediHelp rates the interaction as minor. Glipizide and Trimipramine have a small, usually unimportant interaction. Most people can take both; the pharmacist may still mention it so that any unexpected effect is recognised. Tricyclic antidepressants may modestly enhance the glucose-lowering effect of sulfonylureas and can mask or alter hypoglycemia symptoms. Clinically significant hypoglycemia is uncommon but possible.
How serious is the interaction between Glipizide and Trimipramine?
MediHelp rates it minor, on a four-level scale (minor, moderate, major, contraindicated) based on published labels and references. What to do, in brief: Monitor blood glucose when trimipramine is started or stopped in patients taking glipizide. Reduce the sulfonylurea dose if hypoglycemia occurs.
What other medicines interact with Trimipramine?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Trimipramine with, for example, Disopyramide, Dofetilide, Ibutilide. The full list is on the Trimipramine page.
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