Cyclosporine Ophthalmic

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

545 interactions 1,631 cited references

Also sold as: Cequa Cequa® Restasis® Vevye

About Cyclosporine Ophthalmic

Ophthalmic cyclosporine is used to increase tear production in people with dry eye disease. Cyclosporine is in a class of medications called immunomodulators. It works by decreasing swelling in the eye to allow for tear production. Read the full Cyclosporine Ophthalmic 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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13 Contraindicated 439 Major 92 Moderate 1 Minor

All (545) Contraindicated (13) Major (439) Moderate (92) Minor (1)

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