Drug interactions
Somatropin + Triamcinolone
Severity: Moderate
Somatropin and Triamcinolone: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Supraphysiologic doses of glucocorticoids can blunt the growth-promoting effects of growth hormone, which is particularly relevant in children. Somatropin may also alter cortisol activity, which can unmask or modify adrenal insufficiency in patients on corticosteroids.
What this interaction means in plain words
Somatropin 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.
Somatropin belongs to Endocrine; Triamcinolone belongs to Endocrine.
Why it happens
Pharmacodynamic antagonism of growth hormone effects by glucocorticoids, with growth hormone also modulating 11-beta-HSD1 activity and cortisol metabolism.
What to do
Use the lowest effective corticosteroid dose and monitor growth velocity in children. Review the glucocorticoid replacement requirements when starting or adjusting somatropin.
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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- 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 Somatropin
- Acarbose + Somatropin Moderate
- Albiglutide + Somatropin Moderate
- Alogliptin-metformin + Somatropin Moderate
- Alogliptin-pioglitazone + Somatropin Moderate
- Alogliptin + Somatropin Moderate
- Betamethasone + Somatropin Moderate
Frequently asked questions
Can I take Somatropin with Triamcinolone?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Somatropin 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. Supraphysiologic doses of glucocorticoids can blunt the growth-promoting effects of growth hormone, which is particularly relevant in children. Somatropin may also alter cortisol activity, which can unmask or modify adrenal insufficiency in patients on corticosteroids.
How serious is the interaction between Somatropin 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: Use the lowest effective corticosteroid dose and monitor growth velocity in children. Review the glucocorticoid replacement requirements when starting or adjusting somatropin.
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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