Budesonide Oral Inhalation

Name: Budesonide Oral Inhalation Drug Interactions
Creator: Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS

221 interactions 609 cited references

Also sold as: Pulmicort Pulmicort® Pulmicort® Flexhaler Pulmicort® Respules

About Budesonide Oral Inhalation

Budesonide is used to prevent difficulty breathing, chest tightness, wheezing, and coughing caused by asthma. Budesonide powder for oral inhalation (Pulmicort Flexhaler) is used in adults and children 6 years of age and older. Budesonide suspension (liquid) for oral inhalation (Pulmicort Respules) is used in children 1… Read the full Budesonide Oral Inhalation drug information page →

Medically reviewed by Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS · Updated Aug 10, 2026 · Editorial policy · Data sources

Sources: FDA prescribing information (Structured Product Labeling), the published literature cited in each entry, DDInter 2.0 (a major open-access drug-interaction database), and legacy DrugBank interaction data distributed by the NIH's RxNav service (decommissioned in 2024) — analyzed and reviewed by our pharmacist team. How we build this library →

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4 Contraindicated 178 Major 39 Moderate

All (221) Contraindicated (4) Major (178) Moderate (39)

Contraindicated

Budesonide Oral Inhalation Desmopressin DDAVP Increased risk of severe hyponatremia Details Budesonide Oral Inhalation Ensitrelvir Increased CYP3A substrates exposure and an increased risk of CYP3A substrates-related adverse effects Details Budesonide Oral Inhalation Levoketoconazole Recorlev Increased CYP3A4 substrate exposure and an increased risk of sensitive CYP3A4 substrate-related adverse reaction Details Budesonide Oral Inhalation Mifepristone Korlym Increased CYP3A4 substrate exposure and an increased risk of autoimmune disorders and acute adrenal insufficiency, that may lead t... Details

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