Drug interactions
Octreotide + Saxagliptin-metformin
Severity: Moderate
Octreotide and Saxagliptin-metformin: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Octreotide suppresses insulin, glucagon and incretin secretion, so it can cause either hyperglycemia or hypoglycemia in patients with diabetes. Glycemic control on saxagliptin-metformin may therefore become unpredictable, especially at initiation or dose change.
What this interaction means in plain words
Octreotide and Saxagliptin-metformin 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.
Octreotide belongs to Endocrine; Saxagliptin-metformin belongs to Endocrine.
Why it happens
Pharmacodynamic effect through somatostatin-receptor inhibition of insulin, glucagon and gut hormone release.
What to do
Monitor blood glucose frequently when starting or changing octreotide, and adjust antidiabetic therapy to match.
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 Saxagliptin-metformin
Other interactions of Octreotide
Frequently asked questions
Can I take Octreotide with Saxagliptin-metformin?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Octreotide and Saxagliptin-metformin 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. Octreotide suppresses insulin, glucagon and incretin secretion, so it can cause either hyperglycemia or hypoglycemia in patients with diabetes. Glycemic control on saxagliptin-metformin may therefore become unpredictable, especially at initiation or dose change.
How serious is the interaction between Octreotide and Saxagliptin-metformin?
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 frequently when starting or changing octreotide, and adjust antidiabetic therapy to match.
What other medicines interact with Saxagliptin-metformin?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Saxagliptin-metformin with, for example, Atazanavir, Clozapine, Contrast media. The full list is on the Saxagliptin-metformin page.
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