Budesonide

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

248 interactions 1 explained in plain English 609 cited references

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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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