Is Calcium Safe with Budesonide?
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Even though budesonide has lower systemic bioavailability, supplement with 1000 mg of calcium daily during long-term use. Discuss with your doctor, particularly if using oral budesonide formulations.
Why this interaction occurs
Although budesonide undergoes extensive first-pass metabolism, systemic absorption — especially with oral extended-release formulations — is sufficient to reduce intestinal calcium absorption and increase bone turnover markers over time.
Evidence
Evidence level: moderate.
Reported safety data
The FDA’s adverse event reporting system (FAERS) has received 61,490 reports mentioning Budesonide. This reflects reported cases involving the medication in general — not confirmed causation, and not specific to the Budesonide + supplement combination on this page.
FAERS reports are voluntary and cannot prove that a drug caused an event. Do not use report counts to assess the safety of this specific drug-supplement pair.
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