Drug
Ciclesonide
Pronounced
"sye-KLES-on-nide"
Drug Interactions
Drug interactions may change how your medications work or increase your risk for serious side effects. This document does not contain all possible drug interactions. Keep a list of all the products you use (including prescription/nonprescription drugs and herbal products) and share it with your doctor and pharmacist. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicines without your doctor's approval.
Some products that may interact with this drug are: aldesleukin, desmopressin, corticosteroids taken by mouth (such as prednisone, dexamethasone), mifepristone.
Other medications can affect the removal of ciclesonide from your body, which may affect how ciclesonide works. Examples include some azole antifungals (such as ketoconazole), HIV protease inhibitors (such as nelfinavir), ritonavir, among others.
Supportive Interactions
1- Replenish Depleted Nutrients
Ciclesonide
Calcium
This interaction is based on this drug belonging to a drug class. While this drug may differ from the text and references below, drugs within this class work in a similar way and this interaction is applicable to drugs within the same class.
Most of an inhaled dose of beclomethasone is actually swallowed, which may lead to reduced absorption of calcium. Health practitioners may recommend calcium supplementation to individuals using beclomethasone inhalers.
CalciumCiclesonide- Smith BJ, Phillips PJ, Pannall PR. Effect of orally administered beclomethasone dipropionate on calcium absorption from the gut in normal subjects. Thorax 1993;48:890-3.