Canagliflozin and Rifampin Interaction

Drug interaction information between Canagliflozin and Rifampin.

Canagliflozin and Rifampin have a documented moderate interaction in FDA labeling.

FDA drug labeling documents a moderate-severity interaction between Canagliflozin and Rifampin. This page displays the available source-record category and label text. The category is not an individual risk estimate or medication-combination direction.

Drug A

Canagliflozin

SGLT2 Inhibitor

Drug B

Rifampin

Rifamycin Antibiotic

How They Interact

Rifampin causes your body to process and remove the diabetes medicine more quickly than usual. This can make the diabetes medicine less effective at lowering your blood sugar.

FDA Label Information

Examples: Rifampin, phenytoin, phenobarbital, ritonavir Insulin or Insulin Secretagogues Clinical Impact: The risk of hypoglycemia is increased when INVOKANA is used concomitantly with insulin secretagogues (e.g., sulfonylurea) or insulin.

Canagliflozin Also Interacts With

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Frequently Asked Questions

What SPL severity band is on file for Canagliflozin + Rifampin?

Compiled FDA labeling labels this pair moderate. That is a source-record field, not an individual medication-combination decision.

Which drug in this pair has the larger labeled-interaction portfolio?

Rifampin has 137 labeled pairs on file vs Canagliflozin's 5. In the moderate band specifically: Canagliflozin has 3 (also Phenytoin, Phenobarbital); Rifampin has 26 (also Doxycycline, Probenecid, Theophylline, Apixaban).

What mechanism field is on file for Canagliflozin and Rifampin?

Rifampin causes your body to process and remove the diabetes medicine more quickly than usual. This can make the diabetes medicine less effective at lowering your blood sugar.

Rifampin carries more major-labeled pairs than Canagliflozin

SPL source-record counts only. This page's band is moderate · classes on file: Canagliflozin (SGLT2 Inhibitor); Rifampin (Rifamycin Antibiotic).

Rifampin has 8 major-labeled pairs vs Canagliflozin's 0. This page itself is in the moderate band, not the major band.

Canagliflozin

0 major · 3 moderate · 2 minor · 5 total

Rifampin

8 major · 26 moderate · 103 minor · 137 total

Sources: FDA Drug Labels (SPL) via openFDA (2026). This is for informational purposes only and is not medical advice. This registry does not provide individual medication-combination directions.