Drug interactions
Saxagliptin + Triamcinolone
Severity: Moderate
Saxagliptin and Triamcinolone: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Systemic triamcinolone can raise blood glucose and reduce the glycemic control achieved with saxagliptin. The effect depends on dose and duration of corticosteroid exposure and can persist after a depot injection.
What this interaction means in plain words
Saxagliptin and Triamcinolone 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.
Saxagliptin belongs to Endocrine; Triamcinolone belongs to Endocrine.
Why it happens
Pharmacodynamic antagonism: glucocorticoids increase gluconeogenesis and insulin resistance, opposing DPP-4 inhibitor effects.
What to do
Monitor glucose after injection and adjust 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 Triamcinolone
- Smallpox vaccine live + Triamcinolone Contraindicated
- Triamcinolone + Zoster vaccine live Contraindicated
- Adenovirus types 4 and 7 live + Triamcinolone Major
- Aldesleukin + Triamcinolone Major
- Atazanavir + Triamcinolone Major
- Axicabtagene ciloleucel + Triamcinolone Major
Other interactions of Saxagliptin
- Albiglutide + Saxagliptin Moderate
- Amlodipine-benazepril + Saxagliptin Moderate
- Aripiprazole + Saxagliptin Moderate
- Asenapine + Saxagliptin Moderate
- Atazanavir + Saxagliptin Moderate
- Benazepril + Saxagliptin Moderate
Frequently asked questions
Can I take Saxagliptin with Triamcinolone?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Saxagliptin and Triamcinolone 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 triamcinolone can raise blood glucose and reduce the glycemic control achieved with saxagliptin. The effect depends on dose and duration of corticosteroid exposure and can persist after a depot injection.
How serious is the interaction between Saxagliptin and Triamcinolone?
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 after injection and adjust antidiabetic therapy if control worsens.
What other medicines interact with Triamcinolone?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Triamcinolone with, for example, Smallpox vaccine live, Zoster vaccine live, Adenovirus types 4 and 7 live. The full list is on the Triamcinolone page.
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