Drug interactions
Somatrogon + Triamcinolone
Severity: Moderate
Somatrogon and Triamcinolone: moderate interaction.
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Summary
High-dose glucocorticoids can attenuate the growth-promoting effects of growth hormone analogs such as somatrogon. Growth hormone can also inhibit cortisone activation, which may require glucocorticoid dose adjustments in patients with adrenal insufficiency.
What this interaction means in plain words
Somatrogon 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.
Somatrogon belongs to Endocrine; Triamcinolone belongs to Endocrine.
Why it happens
Glucocorticoid antagonism of growth hormone effects and growth hormone inhibition of 11-beta-HSD-1.
What to do
Monitor growth response and keep the glucocorticoid dose as low as possible. Reassess glucocorticoid replacement needs after starting somatrogon.
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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- Adenovirus types 4 and 7 live + Triamcinolone Major
- Aldesleukin + Triamcinolone Major
- Atazanavir + Triamcinolone Major
- Axicabtagene ciloleucel + Triamcinolone Major
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- Alogliptin-metformin + Somatrogon Moderate
- Alogliptin-pioglitazone + Somatrogon Moderate
- Alogliptin + Somatrogon Moderate
- Canagliflozin-metformin + Somatrogon Moderate
- Chlorpropamide + Somatrogon Moderate
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Frequently asked questions
Can I take Somatrogon with Triamcinolone?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Somatrogon 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. High-dose glucocorticoids can attenuate the growth-promoting effects of growth hormone analogs such as somatrogon. Growth hormone can also inhibit cortisone activation, which may require glucocorticoid dose adjustments in patients with adrenal insufficiency.
How serious is the interaction between Somatrogon 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 growth response and keep the glucocorticoid dose as low as possible. Reassess glucocorticoid replacement needs after starting somatrogon.
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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