Drug interactions
Glipizide-metformin + Nabumetone
Severity: Minor
Glipizide-metformin and Nabumetone: minor interaction.
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Summary
NSAIDs may modestly enhance the hypoglycemic effect of sulfonylureas, and NSAID renal effects can affect metformin handling. Significant hypoglycemia is uncommon.
What this interaction means in plain words
Glipizide-metformin and Nabumetone 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-metformin belongs to Endocrine; Nabumetone belongs to Musculoskeletal.
Why it happens
Possible protein-binding displacement and prostaglandin-mediated renal effects; mechanism not firmly established.
What to do
Monitor blood glucose when starting the NSAID and check renal function in at-risk patients.
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-metformin with Nabumetone?
MediHelp rates the interaction as minor. Glipizide-metformin and Nabumetone have a small, usually unimportant interaction. Most people can take both; the pharmacist may still mention it so that any unexpected effect is recognised. NSAIDs may modestly enhance the hypoglycemic effect of sulfonylureas, and NSAID renal effects can affect metformin handling. Significant hypoglycemia is uncommon.
How serious is the interaction between Glipizide-metformin and Nabumetone?
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 starting the NSAID and check renal function in at-risk patients.
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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