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Taking Saxagliptin With Other Medicines And Herbal Supplements

NHS medicines information on possible interactions with saxagliptin and other medicines, herbal remedies and supplements.

Cautions with other medicines

Some medicines and saxagliptin can affect each other. Some can increase your risk of getting side effects.

Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you're taking:

carbamazepine, phenobarbital or phenytoin - medicines for seizures
diltiazem - a medicine for high blood pressure
rifampicin - an antibiotic used in treating tuberculosis (TB) and other bacterial infections
insulin or any other diabetes medicines, such as gliclazide, glipizide, glibenclamide, glimepiride or tolbutamide

Make sure that your doctor and pharmacist know you're taking saxagliptin before starting or stopping any other medicine.

Mixing saxagliptin with herbal remedies and supplements

There's not enough information to say that herbal remedies or supplements are safe to take with saxagliptin. They're not tested in the same way as pharmacy and prescription medicines. They're generally not tested for the effect they have on other medicines.

Some herbal remedies might increase your chance of getting low blood sugar with saxagliptin.

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