Cautions with other medicines
Some medicines and linagliptin can affect each other. Some can increase your risk of getting side effects.
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you're taking any of these medicines before you start linagliptin:
- insulin or any other diabetes medicine including sulfonylureas, such as glimepiride or glipizide
- rifampicin, an antibiotic used to treat tuberculosis (TB)
- epilepsy medicines including carbamazepine, phenobarbital or phenytoin
Make sure that your doctor and pharmacist know you're taking linagliptin before starting or stopping any other medicine.
Mixing linagliptin with herbal remedies and supplements
There's not enough information to say that herbal remedies or supplements are safe to take with linagliptin. 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 linagliptin.
Important: Medicine safety
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you're taking any other medicines, including herbal remedies, vitamins or supplements.