Drug interactions
Methylprednisolone + Nateglinide
Severity: Moderate
Methylprednisolone and Nateglinide: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Systemic glucocorticoids raise blood glucose and can offset the glucose-lowering action of nateglinide. Glycemic control may worsen, particularly during higher-dose or prolonged steroid courses.
What this interaction means in plain words
Methylprednisolone and Nateglinide 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.
Methylprednisolone belongs to Endocrine; Nateglinide belongs to Endocrine.
Why it happens
Pharmacodynamic antagonism: glucocorticoids increase hepatic gluconeogenesis and cause peripheral insulin resistance, opposing insulin secretagogue effects.
What to do
Monitor blood glucose more frequently when starting, changing or stopping methylprednisolone, and increase the antidiabetic dose if needed. Reduce the dose again when the steroid is tapered to avoid hypoglycemia.
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 Methylprednisolone
- Bcg vaccine live + Methylprednisolone Contraindicated
- Measles mumps and rubella vaccine live + Methylprednisolone Contraindicated
- Measles mumps rubella and varicella vaccine live + Methylprednisolone Contraindicated
- Measles vaccine + Methylprednisolone Contraindicated
- Methylprednisolone + Mifepristone Contraindicated
- Methylprednisolone + Rubella vaccine Contraindicated
Other interactions of Nateglinide
- Albiglutide + Nateglinide Moderate
- Alogliptin-metformin + Nateglinide Moderate
- Alogliptin-pioglitazone + Nateglinide Moderate
- Alogliptin + Nateglinide Moderate
- Alpelisib + Nateglinide Moderate
- Amiodarone + Nateglinide Moderate
Frequently asked questions
Can I take Methylprednisolone with Nateglinide?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Methylprednisolone and Nateglinide 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. Systemic glucocorticoids raise blood glucose and can offset the glucose-lowering action of nateglinide. Glycemic control may worsen, particularly during higher-dose or prolonged steroid courses.
How serious is the interaction between Methylprednisolone and Nateglinide?
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 more frequently when starting, changing or stopping methylprednisolone, and increase the antidiabetic dose if needed. Reduce the dose again when the steroid is tapered to avoid hypoglycemia.
What other medicines interact with Methylprednisolone?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Methylprednisolone with, for example, Bcg vaccine live, Measles mumps and rubella vaccine live, Measles mumps rubella and varicella vaccine live. The full list is on the Methylprednisolone page.
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