Insulin Aspart and Olanzapine Interaction

Drug interaction information between Insulin Aspart and Olanzapine.

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

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

Olanzapine

Atypical Antipsychotic

How They Interact

Olanzapine can reduce the ability of insulin to lower your blood sugar. This can lead to higher blood sugar levels than normal when these medications are used together.

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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

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?

Olanzapine has 26 labeled pairs on file vs Insulin Aspart's 11. In the minor band specifically: Insulin Aspart has 8 (also Albuterol, Clonidine, Lithium, Clozapine); Olanzapine has 24 (also Omeprazole, Warfarin, Diazepam, Carbamazepine).

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

Olanzapine can reduce the ability of insulin to lower your blood sugar. This can lead to higher blood sugar levels than normal when these medications are used together.

Olanzapine 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); Olanzapine (Atypical Antipsychotic).

Olanzapine 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

Olanzapine

1 major · 1 moderate · 24 minor · 26 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.