Side Effects
- Hypoglycemia
- Weight gain
- Hypersensitivity- Cross-allergicity with sulfonamide
- Drug Interactions (especially first generation drugs): Increased hypoglycemia with cimetidine, insulin, salicylates, sulfonamides
Salicylates displace tolbutamide from its binding site on plasma binding proteins which lead to increase in free tolbutamide concentration and thus hypoglycemic shock.
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