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Can you take Dapagliflozin with Isosorbide mononitrate?

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Drug interactions

Moderate drug interactions

Moderate:

isosorbide mononitrate dapagliflozin

Applies to: isosorbide mononitrate and dapagliflozin

Dapagliflozin may cause salt and water loss, which may increase the risk of dehydration and low blood pressure when used with isosorbide mononitrate or similar medications. You may experience headache, dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, and/or changes in pulse or heart rate. Use caution when getting up from a sitting or lying position, and let your doctor know if you develop these symptoms. You may need a dose adjustment or more frequent monitoring by your doctor to safely use both medications. Keep yourself hydrated by drinking plenty of fluids unless otherwise directed. It is important to tell your doctor about all other medications you use, including vitamins and herbs. Do not stop using any medications without first talking to your doctor.

Food/lifestyle interactions

Moderate food/lifestyle interactions

Moderate:

dapagliflozin Food/Lifestyle

Applies to: dapagliflozin

Alcohol may affect blood glucose levels in patients with diabetes. Both hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) and hyperglycemia (high blood sugar) may occur, depending on how much and how often you drink. You should avoid using alcohol if your diabetes is not well controlled or if you have high triglycerides, neuropathy (nerve damage), or pancreatitis. Moderate alcohol consumption generally does not affect blood glucose levels if your diabetes is under control. However, it may be best to limit alcohol intake to one drink daily for women and two drinks daily for men (1 drink = 5 oz wine, 12 oz beer, or 1.5 oz distilled spirits) in conjunction with your normal meal plan. Avoid drinking alcohol on an empty stomach or following exercise, as it may increase the risk of hypoglycemia. It is important to tell your doctor about all other medications you use, including vitamins and herbs. Do not stop using any medications without first talking to your doctor.

Moderate:

isosorbide mononitrate Alcohol (Ethanol)

Applies to: isosorbide mononitrate

Ethanol and isosorbide mononitrate may have additive effects in lowering your blood pressure. You may experience headache, dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, or changes in pulse or heart rate, especially when treatment is started, the dose is changed, or treatment is restarted. Tell your doctor promptly if these symptoms occur and seek urgent medical help if you faint or have severe dizziness. Avoid driving or operating hazardous machinery until you know how the medications affect you, and use caution when getting up from a sitting or lying position. It is important to tell your doctor about all other medications you use, including vitamins and herbs. Do not stop using any medications without first talking to your doctor.

Disease interactions

21 potential interactions Applies to: 19 conditions, including Heart Failure, Heart Attack, Hypotension, Anemia, and Pseudotumor Cerebri.

Anemia

Major:

isosorbide mononitrate

Isosorbide mononitrate has a major potential interaction with Anemia.

Some manufacturers and medical references consider the use of nitrates and nitrites to be contraindicated in patients with severe anemia. Nitrates and nitrites can cause methemoglobinemia, primarily in high-dose intravenous therapy or acute poisoning and in patients with NADH reductase deficiency. However, elevations of methemoglobin may also occur with commonly used dosages. While probably not of routine clinical significance, the increases may be important in certain patient populations such as those with coronary insufficiency or anemia.

Aortic Stenosis

Major:

isosorbide mononitrate

Isosorbide mononitrate has a major potential interaction with Aortic Stenosis.

Organic nitrates and nitrites may cause severe hypotension, syncope and shock, even with small doses. Hypotension induced by these agents may be accompanied by paradoxical bradycardia and increased angina pectoris. Therapy with nitrates and nitrites should be administered cautiously in patients who are volume-depleted or hypotensive (e.g., systolic blood pressure <90 mm Hg) or who, because of inadequate circulation to the brain or to other vital organs, would be unusually compromised by undue hypotension. Patients should be in a sitting or recumbent position during and immediately after drug administration, and monitored for symptoms of severe hypotension such as nausea, vomiting, weakness, pallor, perspiration, and syncope. Nitrate or nitrite therapy is considered contraindicated in patients with acute circulatory failure or shock.

Brain Tumor

Major:

isosorbide mononitrate

Isosorbide mononitrate has a major potential interaction with Brain Tumor.

Organic nitrates and nitrites can increase cerebrospinal fluid pressure. Therapy with these agents should be administered cautiously, if at all, in patients with or at risk for intracranial hypertension, including those with cerebral hemorrhage, intracranial lesions, or recent head trauma.

Cerebrovascular Insufficiency

Major:

isosorbide mononitrate

Isosorbide mononitrate has a major potential interaction with Cerebrovascular Insufficiency.

Organic nitrates and nitrites may cause severe hypotension, syncope and shock, even with small doses. Hypotension induced by these agents may be accompanied by paradoxical bradycardia and increased angina pectoris. Therapy with nitrates and nitrites should be administered cautiously in patients who are volume-depleted or hypotensive (e.g., systolic blood pressure <90 mm Hg) or who, because of inadequate circulation to the brain or to other vital organs, would be unusually compromised by undue hypotension. Patients should be in a sitting or recumbent position during and immediately after drug administration, and monitored for symptoms of severe hypotension such as nausea, vomiting, weakness, pallor, perspiration, and syncope. Nitrate or nitrite therapy is considered contraindicated in patients with acute circulatory failure or shock.

Constrictive Pericarditis

Major:

isosorbide mononitrate

Isosorbide mononitrate has a major potential interaction with Constrictive Pericarditis.

Organic nitrates and nitrites may cause severe hypotension, syncope and shock, even with small doses. Hypotension induced by these agents may be accompanied by paradoxical bradycardia and increased angina pectoris. Therapy with nitrates and nitrites should be administered cautiously in patients who are volume-depleted or hypotensive (e.g., systolic blood pressure <90 mm Hg) or who, because of inadequate circulation to the brain or to other vital organs, would be unusually compromised by undue hypotension. Patients should be in a sitting or recumbent position during and immediately after drug administration, and monitored for symptoms of severe hypotension such as nausea, vomiting, weakness, pallor, perspiration, and syncope. Nitrate or nitrite therapy is considered contraindicated in patients with acute circulatory failure or shock.

Dehydration

Major:

isosorbide mononitrate

Isosorbide mononitrate has a major potential interaction with Dehydration.

Organic nitrates and nitrites may cause severe hypotension, syncope and shock, even with small doses. Hypotension induced by these agents may be accompanied by paradoxical bradycardia and increased angina pectoris. Therapy with nitrates and nitrites should be administered cautiously in patients who are volume-depleted or hypotensive (e.g., systolic blood pressure <90 mm Hg) or who, because of inadequate circulation to the brain or to other vital organs, would be unusually compromised by undue hypotension. Patients should be in a sitting or recumbent position during and immediately after drug administration, and monitored for symptoms of severe hypotension such as nausea, vomiting, weakness, pallor, perspiration, and syncope. Nitrate or nitrite therapy is considered contraindicated in patients with acute circulatory failure or shock.

Glaucoma/Intraocular Hypertension

Minor:

isosorbide mononitrate

Isosorbide mononitrate has a minor potential interaction with Glaucoma/Intraocular Hypertension.

Some medical references state that organic nitrates and nitrites may increase intraocular pressure and should be used with caution in patients with glaucoma. However, the effect on intraocular pressure is variable and brief, and there is no evidence that these drugs precipitate narrow-angle glaucoma. Amyl nitrate typically may cause a slight rise of 3+ mm for several seconds followed by a fall in intraocular pressure for 10 to 20 minutes, the latter secondary to a fall in blood pressure. Nitroglycerin rarely produces ocular side effects, and oral nitroglycerin appears to have few to no significant ocular side effects.

Head Injury

Major:

isosorbide mononitrate

Isosorbide mononitrate has a major potential interaction with Head Injury.

Organic nitrates and nitrites can increase cerebrospinal fluid pressure. Therapy with these agents should be administered cautiously, if at all, in patients with or at risk for intracranial hypertension, including those with cerebral hemorrhage, intracranial lesions, or recent head trauma.

Heart Attack

Major:

isosorbide mononitrate

Isosorbide mononitrate has a major potential interaction with Heart Attack.

The benefits of organic nitrates and nitrites in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) or congestive heart failure have not been established and its use is not recommended in these settings. If used, it should be accompanied by careful clinical and hemodynamic monitoring to avoid the hazards of systemic hypotension and tachycardia, which in AMI can exacerbate myocardial ischemia. In general, oral or long-acting formulations of these drugs should not be used in the early management of AMI because of the difficulty in precisely controlling and rapidly terminating their hemodynamic effects should adverse reactions occur. Sublingual and other immediate- onset nitrates or nitrites should typically be avoided in suspected AMI with marked bradycardia or tachycardia, and should be used with extreme caution, if at all, in patients with right ventricular or inferior wall infarction. Rarely, sublingual nitroglycerin has produced hypotension accompanied by paradoxical bradycardia in patients with AMI and especially right ventricular infarction. The latter group of patients are also particularly dependent on adequate right ventricular preload to maintain cardiac output and can experience profound hypotension with nitrate or nitrite administration due to reduction of right ventricular preload.

Heart Failure

Major:

isosorbide mononitrate

Isosorbide mononitrate has a major potential interaction with Heart Failure.

The benefits of organic nitrates and nitrites in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) or congestive heart failure have not been established and its use is not recommended in these settings. If used, it should be accompanied by careful clinical and hemodynamic monitoring to avoid the hazards of systemic hypotension and tachycardia, which in AMI can exacerbate myocardial ischemia. In general, oral or long-acting formulations of these drugs should not be used in the early management of AMI because of the difficulty in precisely controlling and rapidly terminating their hemodynamic effects should adverse reactions occur. Sublingual and other immediate- onset nitrates or nitrites should typically be avoided in suspected AMI with marked bradycardia or tachycardia, and should be used with extreme caution, if at all, in patients with right ventricular or inferior wall infarction. Rarely, sublingual nitroglycerin has produced hypotension accompanied by paradoxical bradycardia in patients with AMI and especially right ventricular infarction. The latter group of patients are also particularly dependent on adequate right ventricular preload to maintain cardiac output and can experience profound hypotension with nitrate or nitrite administration due to reduction of right ventricular preload.

Hemodialysis

Major:

isosorbide mononitrate

Isosorbide mononitrate has a major potential interaction with Hemodialysis.

The combined effect of organic nitrates or nitrites with hemodialysis, which often lowers blood pressure, can cause life-threatening hypotension. Therapy with these agents should be administered cautiously in patients requiring hemodialysis. The medication should be withheld before undergoing dialysis, and hemodynamic stability should be established prior to resumption of medication following dialysis. Nitroglycerin and isosorbide dinitrate are moderately dialyzed.

Hemorrhagic Stroke

Major:

isosorbide mononitrate

Isosorbide mononitrate has a major potential interaction with Hemorrhagic Stroke.

Organic nitrates and nitrites can increase cerebrospinal fluid pressure. Therapy with these agents should be administered cautiously, if at all, in patients with or at risk for intracranial hypertension, including those with cerebral hemorrhage, intracranial lesions, or recent head trauma.

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Moderate:

isosorbide mononitrate

Isosorbide mononitrate has a moderate potential interaction with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.

Organic nitrates and nitrites may aggravate the angina associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and should be administered cautiously in patients with this condition.

Hypotension

Major:

isosorbide mononitrate

Isosorbide mononitrate has a major potential interaction with Hypotension.

Organic nitrates and nitrites may cause severe hypotension, syncope and shock, even with small doses. Hypotension induced by these agents may be accompanied by paradoxical bradycardia and increased angina pectoris. Therapy with nitrates and nitrites should be administered cautiously in patients who are volume-depleted or hypotensive (e.g., systolic blood pressure <90 mm Hg) or who, because of inadequate circulation to the brain or to other vital organs, would be unusually compromised by undue hypotension. Patients should be in a sitting or recumbent position during and immediately after drug administration, and monitored for symptoms of severe hypotension such as nausea, vomiting, weakness, pallor, perspiration, and syncope. Nitrate or nitrite therapy is considered contraindicated in patients with acute circulatory failure or shock.

Moderate:

dapagliflozin

Dapagliflozin has a moderate potential interaction with Hypotension.

Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors cause intravascular volume contraction which may lead to symptomatic hypotension after treatment initiation, especially in older adult patients, patients with impaired renal function, patients with low systolic blood pressure, or those using diuretics. Volume status should be assessed and corrected before starting treatment and patients should be monitored during therapy.

Infection

Moderate:

dapagliflozin

Dapagliflozin has a moderate potential interaction with Infection.

Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors increase the risk of genital mycotic infections. Care should be exercised when using an SGLT2 inhibitor in patients who have a history of chronic or recurrent genital mycotic infections or who are uncircumcised as these patients are more likely to develop genital mycotic infections. Patients should be monitored and treated appropriately.

Liver Disease

Major:

dapagliflozin

Dapagliflozin has a major potential interaction with Liver Disease.

Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors ertugliflozin and canagliflozin are not recommended for use in patients with severe hepatic impairment due to lack of clinical data. Sotagliflozin is not recommended for use in patients with moderate to severe hepatic impairment. Dapagliflozin has not been studied in patients with severe hepatic impairment and caution is recommended. The manufacturer's product labeling should be consulted for specific dosing of SGLT2 inhibitors in patients with hepatic impairment.

Pseudotumor Cerebri

Major:

isosorbide mononitrate

Isosorbide mononitrate has a major potential interaction with Pseudotumor Cerebri.

Organic nitrates and nitrites can increase cerebrospinal fluid pressure. Therapy with these agents should be administered cautiously, if at all, in patients with or at risk for intracranial hypertension, including those with cerebral hemorrhage, intracranial lesions, or recent head trauma.

Renal Dysfunction

Major:

dapagliflozin

Dapagliflozin has a major potential interaction with Renal Dysfunction.

The glucose lowering effects of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors are decreased in patients with worsening renal function. Additionally, patients with impaired renal function (estimated GFR less than 60 mL/min/1.73 m2), older adult patients, and patients on loop diuretics may be more likely to experience adverse reactions related to volume depletion such as hypotension and acute kidney injury during therapy. Renal function should be evaluated prior to treatment initiation and monitored regularly in at-risk patients. Volume status should be assessed and volume depletion corrected before initiating therapy. The use of SGLT2 inhibitors in patients undergoing dialysis is either contraindicated or not recommended. The manufacturer product information should be consulted for contraindications and indication specific renal dosing.

Moderate:

dapagliflozin

Dapagliflozin has a moderate potential interaction with Renal Dysfunction.

Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors cause intravascular volume contraction which may lead to symptomatic hypotension after treatment initiation, especially in older adult patients, patients with impaired renal function, patients with low systolic blood pressure, or those using diuretics. Volume status should be assessed and corrected before starting treatment and patients should be monitored during therapy.

Shock

Major:

isosorbide mononitrate

Isosorbide mononitrate has a major potential interaction with Shock.

Organic nitrates and nitrites may cause severe hypotension, syncope and shock, even with small doses. Hypotension induced by these agents may be accompanied by paradoxical bradycardia and increased angina pectoris. Therapy with nitrates and nitrites should be administered cautiously in patients who are volume-depleted or hypotensive (e.g., systolic blood pressure <90 mm Hg) or who, because of inadequate circulation to the brain or to other vital organs, would be unusually compromised by undue hypotension. Patients should be in a sitting or recumbent position during and immediately after drug administration, and monitored for symptoms of severe hypotension such as nausea, vomiting, weakness, pallor, perspiration, and syncope. Nitrate or nitrite therapy is considered contraindicated in patients with acute circulatory failure or shock.

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dapagliflozin

A total of 420 drugs are known to interact with dapagliflozin.

isosorbide mononitrate

A total of 239 drugs are known to interact with isosorbide mononitrate.

Drug Interaction Classification

These classifications are only a guideline. The relevance of a particular drug interaction to a specific individual is difficult to determine. Always consult your healthcare provider before starting or stopping any medication.
Major Highly clinically significant. Avoid combinations; the risk of the interaction outweighs the benefit.
Moderate Moderately clinically significant. Usually avoid combinations; use it only under special circumstances.
Minor Minimally clinically significant. Minimize risk; assess risk and consider an alternative drug, take steps to circumvent the interaction risk and/or institute a monitoring plan.
Unknown No interaction information available.

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