Beschreibung
ACE inhibitors may increase insulin sensitivity and reduce blood glucose, occasionally causing hypoglycemia in diabetic patients also using antidiabetic agents including metformin.
Mechanismus
ACE inhibitor-mediated improvement in insulin receptor sensitivity and glucose transport may potentiate antidiabetic drug effects; the mechanism is not fully elucidated.
Klinische Bedeutung
The interaction is generally minor; most diabetic patients actually benefit from the combined cardiorenal protective effects of ACE inhibitors and metformin.
Maßnahmen
Monitor blood glucose when initiating ACE inhibitors in diabetic patients on antidiabetic therapy; adjust antidiabetic doses if hypoglycemia occurs.
Medizinischer Haftungsausschluss
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