Drug interactions
Nateglinide + Semaglutide
Severity: Moderate
Nateglinide and Semaglutide: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Semaglutide enhances glucose-dependent insulin secretion and nateglinide independently stimulates insulin release. Together they increase the chance of hypoglycemia, and semaglutide also reduces appetite and food intake.
What this interaction means in plain words
Nateglinide and Semaglutide 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.
Nateglinide belongs to Endocrine; Semaglutide belongs to Endocrine.
Why it happens
Additive pharmacodynamic stimulation of pancreatic insulin secretion.
What to do
Monitor glucose closely when starting or increasing semaglutide. Consider reducing the nateglinide dose if hypoglycemia occurs.
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 Nateglinide
- Albiglutide + Nateglinide Moderate
- Alogliptin-metformin + Nateglinide Moderate
- Alogliptin-pioglitazone + Nateglinide Moderate
- Alogliptin + Nateglinide Moderate
- Alpelisib + Nateglinide Moderate
- Amiodarone + Nateglinide Moderate
Other interactions of Semaglutide
Frequently asked questions
Can I take Nateglinide with Semaglutide?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Nateglinide and Semaglutide 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. Semaglutide enhances glucose-dependent insulin secretion and nateglinide independently stimulates insulin release. Together they increase the chance of hypoglycemia, and semaglutide also reduces appetite and food intake.
How serious is the interaction between Nateglinide and Semaglutide?
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 glucose closely when starting or increasing semaglutide. Consider reducing the nateglinide dose if hypoglycemia occurs.
What other medicines interact with Nateglinide?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Nateglinide with, for example, Albiglutide, Alogliptin-metformin, Alogliptin-pioglitazone. The full list is on the Nateglinide page.
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