Drug interactions
Glipizide-metformin + Lonapegsomatropin
Severity: Moderate
Glipizide-metformin and Lonapegsomatropin: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Growth hormone reduces insulin sensitivity, particularly at higher doses, so blood glucose may rise in patients taking glipizide and metformin. Patients with diabetes may need their antidiabetic doses increased.
What this interaction means in plain words
Glipizide-metformin and Lonapegsomatropin 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.
Glipizide-metformin belongs to Endocrine; Lonapegsomatropin belongs to Endocrine.
Why it happens
Growth hormone induces insulin resistance and increases hepatic glucose output, opposing antidiabetic effects.
What to do
Monitor blood glucose after starting lonapegsomatropin or changing the dose, and adjust antidiabetic therapy as needed.
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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Other interactions of Glipizide-metformin
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Frequently asked questions
Can I take Glipizide-metformin with Lonapegsomatropin?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Glipizide-metformin and Lonapegsomatropin 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. Growth hormone reduces insulin sensitivity, particularly at higher doses, so blood glucose may rise in patients taking glipizide and metformin. Patients with diabetes may need their antidiabetic doses increased.
How serious is the interaction between Glipizide-metformin and Lonapegsomatropin?
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 after starting lonapegsomatropin or changing the dose, and adjust antidiabetic therapy as needed.
What other medicines interact with Glipizide-metformin?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Glipizide-metformin with, for example, Contrast media, Diatrizoate meglumine / diatrizoate, Diatrizoate. The full list is on the Glipizide-metformin page.
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