Humulin 70/30 Interactions: An Overview
Insulin medications, including Humulin
® 70/30 (NPH insulin/
regular insulin), can potentially interact with numerous different medications. In fact, any medication that has the potential to affect your blood sugar can also interact with
Humulin 70/30. Because there are so many potential Humulin 70/30 interactions (and because some are relatively insignificant), this article does not discuss every possible interaction.
Some interactions may increase blood sugar levels, which is not healthy but is usually not immediately dangerous. Typically, most people will notice higher blood sugar (when testing) and will adjust their
insulin dosage as recommended by their healthcare provider long before these interactions become dangerous. These interactions are not discussed in this article.
However, other Humulin 70/30 drug interactions can result in dangerously low blood sugar levels (known medically as hypoglycemia). These interactions can potentially be dangerous (even fatal) rather quickly, even if you check your blood sugar regularly. Some of the medicines that may cause dangerously low blood sugar when combined with Humulin 70/30 include:
- Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors ("ACE inhibitors"), such as:
- Benazepril (Lotensin®, Lotensin® HCT, Lotrel®)
- Captopril (Capoten®, Capozide®)
- Enalapril (Vasotec®, Vaseretic®, Lexxel®)
- Fosinopril (Monopril®, Monopril-HCT®)
- Lisinopril (Prinivil®, Prinzide®, Zestril®, Zestoretic®)
- Quinapril (Accupril®, Accuretic®)
- Ramipril (Altace®)
- Aspirin (Ecotrin®, Bayer®, Anacin®)
- Choline magnesium trisalicylate (Trilisate®)
- Diflunisal (Dolobid®)
- Salsalate (Salflex®, Disalcid®, Amigesic®)
- Sulfonamide antibiotics ("sulfa drugs"), such as:
- Sulfadiazine
- Sulfadoxine (Fansidar®)
- Sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim®, Septra®)
- Sulfisoxazole (Gantrisin®).
