Insulin Detemir and Lithium Interaction
Drug interaction information between Insulin Detemir and Lithium.
Insulin Detemir and Lithium have a documented minor interaction in FDA labeling.
FDA drug labeling documents a minor-severity interaction between Insulin Detemir and Lithium. This page displays the available source-record category and label text. The category is not an individual risk estimate or medication-combination direction.
How They Interact
Lithium can cause your blood sugar to go up or down in ways that are hard to predict. This happens because it changes how your body reacts to insulin.
FDA Label Information
Drugs That May Increase or Decrease the Blood Glucose Lowering Effect of LEVEMIR Drugs: Alcohol, beta-blockers, clonidine, and lithium salts.
Insulin Detemir Also Interacts With
- Fluoxetine moderate
- Pramlintide moderate
- Octreotide moderate
- Albuterol minor
- Clonidine minor
Lithium Also Interacts With
- Amlodipine/Benazepril major
- Risperidone major
- Amiloride moderate
- Amiodarone moderate
- Amlodipine/Valsartan moderate
Frequently Asked Questions
What SPL severity band is on file for Insulin Detemir + Lithium?
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?
Lithium has 90 labeled pairs on file vs Insulin Detemir's 11. In the minor band specifically: Insulin Detemir has 8 (also Albuterol, Clonidine, Olanzapine, Clozapine); Lithium has 65 (also Aripiprazole, Asenapine, Canagliflozin, Candesartan).
What mechanism field is on file for Insulin Detemir and Lithium?
Lithium can cause your blood sugar to go up or down in ways that are hard to predict. This happens because it changes how your body reacts to insulin.
Lithium carries more major-labeled pairs than Insulin Detemir
SPL source-record counts only. This page's band is minor · classes on file: Insulin Detemir (Long-Acting Insulin); Lithium (Mood Stabilizer).
Lithium has 2 major-labeled pairs vs Insulin Detemir's 0. This page itself is in the minor band, not the major band.
0 major · 3 moderate · 8 minor · 11 total
- Other minor peers for Insulin Detemir
- Albuterol
- Clonidine
- Olanzapine
- Clozapine
2 major · 23 moderate · 65 minor · 90 total
- Other minor peers for Lithium
- Aripiprazole
- Asenapine
- Canagliflozin
- Candesartan
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.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.