Drug interactions
Nateglinide + Somapacitan
Severity: Moderate
Nateglinide and Somapacitan: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Growth hormone analogs reduce insulin sensitivity and can raise blood glucose. This may weaken the effect of nateglinide and necessitate dose adjustment.
What this interaction means in plain words
Nateglinide and Somapacitan 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; Somapacitan belongs to Endocrine.
Why it happens
Growth hormone-induced insulin resistance opposes nateglinide's glucose-lowering effect.
What to do
Monitor blood glucose after starting somapacitan and increase antidiabetic therapy if control worsens.
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 Somapacitan
- Alogliptin-metformin + Somapacitan Moderate
- Alogliptin-pioglitazone + Somapacitan Moderate
- Alogliptin + Somapacitan Moderate
- Bazedoxifene-conjugated estrogens + Somapacitan Moderate
- Canagliflozin-metformin + Somapacitan Moderate
- Chlorpropamide + Somapacitan Moderate
Frequently asked questions
Can I take Nateglinide with Somapacitan?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Nateglinide and Somapacitan 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 analogs reduce insulin sensitivity and can raise blood glucose. This may weaken the effect of nateglinide and necessitate dose adjustment.
How serious is the interaction between Nateglinide and Somapacitan?
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 somapacitan and increase antidiabetic therapy if control worsens.
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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