Insulin Aspart and Albuterol Interaction

Drug interaction information between Insulin Aspart and Albuterol.

Insulin Aspart and Albuterol have a documented minor interaction in FDA labeling.

FDA drug labeling documents a minor-severity interaction between Insulin Aspart and Albuterol. 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

Insulin Aspart

Rapid-Acting Insulin

Drug B

Albuterol

Short-Acting Beta-2 Agonist

How They Interact

Albuterol can make insulin less effective at lowering your blood sugar. This means your blood sugar levels might stay higher than they should while using this medication.

FDA Label Information

Drugs That May Decrease the Blood Glucose Lowering Effect of NOVOLOG Drugs: Atypical antipsychotics (e.g., olanzapine and clozapine), corticosteroids, danazol, diuretics, estrogens, glucagon, isoniazid, niacin, oral contraceptives, phenothiazines, progestogens (e.g., in oral contraceptives), protease inhibitors, somatropin, sympathomimetic agents (e.g., albuterol, epinephrine, terbutaline), and thyroid hormones. • Drugs that may decrease the blood glucose lowering effect: atypical antipsychotics, corticosteroids, danazol, diuretics, estrogens, glucagon, isoniazid, niacin, oral...

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Frequently Asked Questions

What SPL severity band is on file for Insulin Aspart + Albuterol?

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

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

Albuterol has 16 labeled pairs on file vs Insulin Aspart's 11. In the minor band specifically: Insulin Aspart has 8 (also Clonidine, Olanzapine, Lithium, Clozapine); Albuterol has 13 (also Digoxin, Glimepiride, Insulin Degludec, Insulin Detemir).

What mechanism field is on file for Insulin Aspart and Albuterol?

Albuterol can make insulin less effective at lowering your blood sugar. This means your blood sugar levels might stay higher than they should while using this medication.

Albuterol carries more major-labeled pairs than Insulin Aspart

SPL source-record counts only. This page's band is minor · classes on file: Insulin Aspart (Rapid-Acting Insulin); Albuterol (Short-Acting Beta-2 Agonist).

Albuterol has 1 major-labeled pair vs Insulin Aspart's 0. This page itself is in the minor band, not the major band.

Insulin Aspart

0 major · 3 moderate · 8 minor · 11 total

Albuterol

1 major · 2 moderate · 13 minor · 16 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.