Pioglitazone and glimepiride and Zonisamide interaction
Pioglitazone and glimepiride and Zonisamide: the Pioglitazone and glimepiride prescribing label flags this combination with the strongest language, such as a contraindication, a boxed warning, or an instruction to avoid it.
Do not combine without a prescriber's guidance. The label language below is the strongest FDA uses.
What the FDA labels say
From the Pioglitazone and glimepiride label · effective 2025-12-12
Use in patients with known history of an allergic reaction to sulfonamide derivatives.
Hypersensitivity to sulfonamide derivatives.
…steroids and androgens, cyclophosphamide, phenyramidol, guanethidine, fluconazole, sulfinpyrazone, tetracyclines, clarithromycin, disopyramide, quinolones, and those drugs that are highly protein-bound, such as fluoxetine, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, salicylates, sulfonamides, chloramphenicol, coumarins, probenecid and monoamine oxidase inhibitors.
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