Taking alogliptin with other medicines and herbal supplements

Cautions with other medicines

Some medicines and alogliptin can affect each other. Taking them at the same time as alogliptin can cause low blood sugar or increase your risk of getting side effects.

Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you're taking insulin or any other diabetes medicine. Your doctor may want to lower the dose of these medicines when you start alogliptin to reduce the risk of low blood sugar (hypoglycaemia).

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

Mixing alogliptin with herbal remedies and supplements

There's very little information about taking herbal remedies and supplements with alogliptin. 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 alogliptin.