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Interações medicamentosas

Insulin inhaled + Megestrol

Gravidade: Moderada

Insulin inhaled and Megestrol: moderate interaction.

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Resumo

Megestrol has glucocorticoid-like activity and can raise blood glucose and worsen insulin resistance. Patients using inhaled insulin may need larger mealtime doses to maintain glycemic control.

O que esta interação significa em palavras simples

Insulin inhaled and Megestrol 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.

Nível de evidência: Moderate

Por que acontece

Pharmacodynamic antagonism through glucocorticoid-like effects of megestrol causing insulin resistance and reduced glucose tolerance.

O que fazer

Monitor blood glucose more frequently when megestrol is started, changed or stopped. Adjust insulin doses accordingly.

O que perguntar ao farmacêutico

  • 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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Perguntas frequentes

Can I take Insulin inhaled with Megestrol?

MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Insulin inhaled and Megestrol 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. Megestrol has glucocorticoid-like activity and can raise blood glucose and worsen insulin resistance. Patients using inhaled insulin may need larger mealtime doses to maintain glycemic control.

How serious is the interaction between Insulin inhaled and Megestrol?

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 more frequently when megestrol is started, changed or stopped. Adjust insulin doses accordingly.

What other medicines interact with Megestrol?

MediHelp also lists interactions of Megestrol with, for example, Dofetilide, Insulin degludec / insulin aspart, Insulin degludec-insulin aspart. The full list is on the Megestrol page.

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