Medications to stop temporarily during a dehydrating illness. Vomiting, diarrhoea and excessive sweating are dehydrating illnesses:
- Metformin: can cause a serious side effect called lactic acidosis which is more likely if you are dehydrated.
- GLP-1 analogues: can cause serious side effects if you are dehydrated. Medicine names ending with ‘tide’ such as: exenatide, dulaglutide, liraglutide, lixisenatide and semaglutide
- SGLT2 inhibitors: can cause a serious side effect called ketoacidosis if you are dehydrated. Medicine names ending with ‘flozin’ such as: canagliflozin, dapagliflozin, empagliflozin and ertugliflozin
Other non-diabetic medication to stop temporarily during illness as they can stop your kidneys working properly and make dehydration worse:
- ACE inhibitors: medicine names ending in ‘pril’ such as: lisinopril, perindopril, ramipril
- ARBs: medicine names ending in ‘sartan’ such as: losartan, candesartan, valsartan
- NSAIDs: anti-inflammatory pain killers such as ibuprofen, diclofenac, naproxen
- Diuretics: sometimes called ‘water pills’ such as: furosemide, spironolactone, bendroflumethiazide, indapamide.
