Drug interactions
Budesonide + Parecoxib
Severity: Moderate
Budesonide and Parecoxib: moderate interaction.
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Summary
Corticosteroids combined with NSAIDs such as parecoxib raise the risk of gastrointestinal ulceration and bleeding. The risk with budesonide is lower than with systemic steroids but still relevant for oral formulations or higher exposure.
What this interaction means in plain words
Budesonide and Parecoxib can affect each other. The combination is often manageable, but it may need a change of dose, a change of timing, or extra checks while both are taken.
Why it happens
Additive gastrointestinal mucosal injury from corticosteroid effects and NSAID-related prostaglandin inhibition.
What to do
Use the shortest parecoxib course possible, consider gastroprotection with a proton pump inhibitor in at-risk patients, and watch for GI bleeding.
What to ask your pharmacist
- Should I take them at different times of day?
- Does the dose of either medicine need to change?
- Is there anything I should avoid, such as alcohol or certain foods, while on both?
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Frequently asked questions
Can I take Budesonide with Parecoxib?
MediHelp rates the interaction as moderate. Budesonide and Parecoxib can affect each other. The combination is often manageable, but it may need a change of dose, a change of timing, or extra checks while both are taken. Corticosteroids combined with NSAIDs such as parecoxib raise the risk of gastrointestinal ulceration and bleeding. The risk with budesonide is lower than with systemic steroids but still relevant for oral formulations or higher exposure.
How serious is the interaction between Budesonide and Parecoxib?
MediHelp rates it moderate, on a four-level scale (minor, moderate, major, contraindicated) based on published labels and references. What to do, in brief: Use the shortest parecoxib course possible, consider gastroprotection with a proton pump inhibitor in at-risk patients, and watch for GI bleeding.
What other medicines interact with Budesonide?
MediHelp also lists interactions of Budesonide with, for example, Aldesleukin, Atazanavir, Bcg vaccine live. The full list is on the Budesonide page.
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