Pulmicort and Xenical drug interactions - a phase IV clinical study of FDA data

Summary:

Drug interactions are reported among people who take Pulmicort (budesonide) and Xenical (orlistat). Common drug interactions include blood creatinine increased among females and hepatocellular damage among males.

The phase IV clinical study analyzes what interactions people have when they take Pulmicort and Xenical. It is created by eHealthMe based on reports of 43 people who take the same drugs from the FDA, and is updated regularly.

What is Pulmicort?

Pulmicort has active ingredients of budesonide. It is often used in asthma. eHealthMe is studying from 34,980 Pulmicort users. Check the latest studies of Pulmicort.

What is Xenical?

Xenical has active ingredients of orlistat. It is often used in weight loss. eHealthMe is studying from 11,722 Xenical users. Check the latest studies of Xenical.

On Jul, 11, 2026

43 people who take Pulmicort and Xenical together, and have interactions are studied.

Pulmicort and Xenical drug interactions.

What are the common drug interactions of Pulmicort and Xenical, by gender? *:

female:

Blood creatinine increased
Constipation
Dermatitis (inflammation of the skin resulting from direct irritation by an external agent or an allergic reaction to it)
Dyspnoea (difficult or laboured respiration)
Face oedema (swelling of face)
Gastric bypass
Headache (pain in head)
Heart injury
Hepatic failure (liver failure)
Hepatocellular damage (liver damage)

male:

Hepatocellular damage (liver damage)
Pain in limb
Coronary artery disease (plaque building up along the inner walls of the arteries of the heart, which narrows the arteries and restricts blood flow to the heart)
Dry mouth
Headache (pain in head)
High density lipoprotein decreased
Hypocholesterolaemia (presence of abnormally small amounts of cholesterol in the circulating blood)
Impaired gastric emptying
Ingrowing nail
Lacrimation increased

What are the common drug interactions of Pulmicort and Xenical, by age (0-1 to 60+)? *:

0-1:

n/a

2-9:

n/a

10-19:

Dermatitis (inflammation of the skin resulting from direct irritation by an external agent or an allergic reaction to it)
Hypoaesthesia (reduced sense of touch or sensation)
Pain in limb
Paraesthesia (sensation of tingling, tickling, prickling, pricking, or burning of a person's skin with no apparent long-term physical effect)
Peripheral sensory neuropathy (damage to one or more of your peripheral nerves)
Rash scaly
Sensory disturbance (sense disturbance)
Sensory loss (senses loss)
Weakness

20-29:

n/a

30-39:

Abdominal pain
Acidosis (build-up of carbon dioxide in the blood)
Cardiac arrest
Cholecystitis (infection of gallbladder)
Cholelithiasis (the presence or formation of gallstones in the gallbladder or bile ducts)
Death
Fluid overload (too much fluid in the blood)
Gastrooesophageal reflux disease (stomach contents (food or liquid) leak backwards from the stomach into the oesophagus)
Hypertension (high blood pressure)
Hypotension (abnormally low blood pressure)

40-49:

Oedema lower limb (fluid collection in tissue of lower leg)
Weight increased
Abdominal pain
Abscess (pus)
Atrial fibrillation (fibrillation of the muscles of the atria of the heart)
Blood creatinine increased
Dry skin
Fatigue (feeling of tiredness)
Hypoaesthesia (reduced sense of touch or sensation)
Hypothyroidism (abnormally low activity of the thyroid gland, resulting in retardation of growth and mental development)

50-59:

Impotence (powerlessness)
Injury
Ketoacidosis (high concentrations of ketone bodies in blood)
Liver fatty (fat deposition of liver)
Lymphocyte count decreased
Mental disorder (a psychological term for a mental or behavioural pattern or anomaly that causes distress or disability)
Micturition urgency (urgency to pass the urine)
Muscle cramp (painful sensation caused by muscle contraction)
Muscle cramps (painful sensations caused by muscle contraction)
Myocardial ischaemia (the blood flow through one or more of the blood vessels that lead to heart (coronary arteries) is decreased)

60+:

Constipation
Dyspnoea (difficult or laboured respiration)
Chest discomfort
Chronic kidney disease
Dermatitis (inflammation of the skin resulting from direct irritation by an external agent or an allergic reaction to it)
Diabetic complication
Diarrhoea
Dysstasia (difficulty in standing)
Ear infection
Fatigue (feeling of tiredness)

What are the existing conditions these people have? *

Depression: 3 people, 6.98%

* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.

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