Interactions
Glimepiride oral tablets can interact with other drugs, vitamins, or herbs you may be consuming. Interaction with other drugs can be dangerous or reduce the drug’s potency.
Talk to your health care provider to help manage all your drugs carefully. This helps to prevent interactions. It would be best to tell your doctor about all medications, vitamins or herbs you are consuming.
Here are some drugs that can interact with Glimepiride.
Quinolone antibiotics
When taken with Glimepiride, quinoline antibiotics heighten its effects and cause low blood sugar. Some of these drugs include:
- Ciprofloxacin (Cipro)
- Levofloxacin (Levaquin)
Blood pressure and heart drugs (angiotensin-converting enzyme [ACE] inhibitors)
These medications can make Glimepiride over effective, causing low blood sugar. Some of these drugs include:
- benazepril (Lotensin)
- captopril (Capoten)
- enalapril (Vasotec)
- enalaprilat
- fosinopril (Monopril)
- lisinopril (Prinivil)
- moexipril (Univasc)
- perindopril (Aceon)
- Quinapril (Accupril)
- Ramipril (Altace)
- Trandolapril (Mavik)
Antifungals
These medications can increase the potency of Glimepiride and cause low blood sugar. Some of these drugs include:
- fluconazole (Diflucan)
- ketoconazole (Nizoral)