Cyclosporine and Octreotide interaction
Cyclosporine and Octreotide: both prescribing labels describe an interaction that usually calls for monitoring, a dose change, or spacing the doses.
Usually manageable with monitoring or a dose change. Tell your pharmacist you take both.
What the FDA labels say
From the Cyclosporine (Neoral) label · effective 2026-08-10
John’s Wort rifampin oxcarbazepine octreotide phenobarbital orlistat phenytoin sulfinpyrazone terbinafine ticlopidine Bosentan Coadministration of bosentan (250 to 1000 mg every 12 hours based on tolerability) and cyclosporine (300 mg every 12 hours for 2 days then dosing to achieve a C min of 200 to 250 ng/mL) for 7 days in healthy subjects resulted in decreases…
From the Octreotide (Mycapssa) label · effective 2025-07-24
Cyclosporine : may have decreased bioavailability and require dose adjustment ( 7 ).
Effects of MYCAPSSA on Other Drugs Cyclosporine Clinical Impact: Concomitant administration of MYCAPSSA with cyclosporine resulted in a decrease in cyclosporine bioavailability [see Clinical Pharmacology (12.3) ].
Intervention: Adjustment of cyclosporine dose to maintain therapeutic levels may be necessitated.
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