Rosiglitazone/Insulin Interactions
This information is generalized and not intended as specific medical advice. Consult your healthcare professional before taking or discontinuing any drug or commencing any course of treatment.
Medical warning:
Serious. These medicines may interact and cause very harmful effects. Contact your healthcare professional (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) for more information.
How the interaction occurs:
How this interaction occurs is not known.
What might happen:
Taking rosiglitazone and insulin together may increase your risk of heart problems that occur when there is reduced blood flow to the heart, such as chest pain (angina) or heart attack (myocardial infarction).
What you should do about this interaction:
Make sure your healthcare professionals (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) know that you are taking these medicines together. Let your doctor know right away if you have swollen legs or ankles, unexplained weight gain, difficulty breathing, unusual tiredness or changes in vision.Your healthcare professionals may already be aware of this interaction and may be monitoring you for it. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicine before checking with them first.
- 1.Avandia (rosiglitazone) US prescribing information. GlaxoSmithKline May, 2012.
- 2.Humalog (insulin lispro) US prescribing information. Eli Lilly and Company July, 2023.
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