Drug interactions
Lonapegsomatropin + Pioglitazone
Severity: Moderate
Lonapegsomatropin and Pioglitazone: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Growth hormone reduces insulin sensitivity and can raise blood glucose, opposing the effect of pioglitazone. Patients with diabetes may need higher doses of antidiabetic drugs.
What this interaction means in plain words
Lonapegsomatropin and Pioglitazone 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.
Lonapegsomatropin belongs to Endocrine; Pioglitazone belongs to Endocrine.
Why it happens
Pharmacodynamic antagonism: growth hormone induces insulin resistance, counteracting insulin sensitization.
What to do
Monitor blood glucose and HbA1c when starting or adjusting the growth hormone dose, and adjust pioglitazone or other 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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Frequently asked questions
Can I take Lonapegsomatropin with Pioglitazone?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Lonapegsomatropin and Pioglitazone 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 and can raise blood glucose, opposing the effect of pioglitazone. Patients with diabetes may need higher doses of antidiabetic drugs.
How serious is the interaction between Lonapegsomatropin and Pioglitazone?
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 and HbA1c when starting or adjusting the growth hormone dose, and adjust pioglitazone or other antidiabetic therapy as needed.
What other medicines interact with Pioglitazone?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Pioglitazone with, for example, Insulin aspart-insulin aspart protamine, Insulin aspart, Insulin degludec-insulin aspart. The full list is on the Pioglitazone page.
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