Budesonide

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About Budesonide

Budesonide is a corticosteroid used to treat Crohn's disease and reduce protein in urine from kidney disease. Read the full Budesonide drug information page →

Medically reviewed by Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS · Updated Aug 9, 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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5 Contraindicated 202 Major 41 Moderate

All (248) Contraindicated (5) Major (202) Moderate (41)

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Budesonide Dexketoprofen Increased risk of gastrointestinal ulcer or bleeding Details Budesonide Diclofenac Aleve Arthritis Pain Increased risk of gastrointestinal ulcer or bleeding Details Budesonide Diflunisal Dolobid Increased risk of gastrointestinal ulcer or bleeding Details Budesonide Diltiazem Cardizem Increased budesonide exposure Details Budesonide Dipyrone Increased risk of gastrointestinal ulcer or bleeding Details Budesonide Dronedarone Multaq Increased budesonide exposure Details Budesonide Droxicam Increased risk of gastrointestinal ulcer or bleeding Details Budesonide Duvelisib Copiktra Increased exposure of sensitive CYP3A4 substrates and risk of toxicity Details Budesonide Encorafenib Braftovi Reduced CYP3A4 substrate exposure and reduced efficacy of CYP3A4 substrate Details Budesonide Enoxacin An increased risk of tendon rupture Details Budesonide Erythromycin Erythrocin Stearate Increased CYP3A4 substrate exposure and an increased risk of CYP3A4-substrate-related adverse effects Details Budesonide Ethinyl Estradiol Increased corticosteroid exposure Details Budesonide Etodolac Lodine Increased risk of gastrointestinal ulcer or bleeding Details Budesonide Etofenamate Increased risk of gastrointestinal ulcer or bleeding Details Budesonide Etoricoxib Increased risk of gastrointestinal ulcer or bleeding Details Budesonide Fedratinib Inrebic Increased CYP3A4 substrate exposure Details Budesonide Felbinac Increased risk of gastrointestinal ulcer or bleeding Details Budesonide Fenoprofen Fenopron Increased risk of gastrointestinal ulcer or bleeding Details Budesonide Fepradinol Increased risk of gastrointestinal ulcer or bleeding Details Budesonide Feprazone Increased risk of gastrointestinal ulcer or bleeding Details Budesonide Fexinidazole An increased CYP3A4 substrate exposure Details Budesonide Fleroxacin An increased risk of tendon rupture Details Budesonide Floctafenine Increased risk of gastrointestinal ulcer or bleeding Details Budesonide Fluconazole Diflucan Increased sensitive CYP3A4 substrates exposure Details Budesonide Flufenamic Acid Increased risk of gastrointestinal ulcer or bleeding Details Budesonide Flumequine An increased risk of tendon rupture Details Budesonide Flurbiprofen Ansaid Increased risk of gastrointestinal ulcer or bleeding Details Budesonide Fluvoxamine Increased budesonide exposure Details Budesonide Fosamprenavir Lexiva Increased budesonide exposure Details Budesonide Fosaprepitant Emend Injection Increased budesonide exposure Details Budesonide Fosnetupitant Increased exposure of CYP3A4 substrate Details Budesonide Fosphenytoin Cerebyx Reduced corticosteroid exposure Details Budesonide Gatifloxacin Zymaxid An increased risk of tendon rupture Details Budesonide Gemifloxacin Factive An increased risk of tendon rupture Details Budesonide Ibuprofen Addaprin Increased risk of gastrointestinal ulcer or bleeding Details Budesonide Idelalisib Zydelig Increased exposure of CYP3A substrate Details Budesonide Imatinib Gleevec Increased budesonide exposure Details Budesonide Indinavir Increased budesonide exposure and an increased risk of budesonide-related adverse effects Details Budesonide Indomethacin Indocin Increased risk of gastrointestinal ulcer or bleeding Details Budesonide Insulin Aspart, Recombinant Fiasp Reduced blood glucose lowering effect of insulin Details

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