Aliskiren and Cyclosporine Interaction

Drug interaction information between Aliskiren and Cyclosporine.

Aliskiren and Cyclosporine have a documented moderate interaction in FDA labeling.

FDA drug labeling documents a moderate-severity interaction between Aliskiren and Cyclosporine. This page displays the available source-record category and label text. The category is not an individual risk estimate or medication-combination direction.

Drug A

Aliskiren

Direct Renin Inhibitor

Drug B

Cyclosporine

Calcineurin Inhibitor (Immunosuppressant)

How They Interact

Cyclosporine can cause aliskiren levels to rise significantly in your blood, which increases the risk of side effects.

FDA Label Information

7 DRUG INTERACTIONS Cyclosporine: Avoid coadministration of cyclosporine with aliskiren [see Warnings and Precautions ( 5.7 ) and Clinical Pharmacology ( 12.3 )] . Cyclosporine or Itraconazole: Avoid concomitant use.

Frequently Asked Questions

What SPL severity band is on file for Aliskiren + Cyclosporine?

Compiled FDA labeling labels this pair moderate. That is a source-record field, not an individual medication-combination decision.

Which drug in this pair has the larger labeled-interaction portfolio?

Cyclosporine has 89 labeled pairs on file vs Aliskiren's 28. In the moderate band specifically: Aliskiren has 3 (also Itraconazole, Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir); Cyclosporine has 24 (also Allopurinol, Amiloride, Amlodipine/Valsartan, Atorvastatin).

What mechanism field is on file for Aliskiren and Cyclosporine?

Cyclosporine can cause aliskiren levels to rise significantly in your blood, which increases the risk of side effects.

Aliskiren carries more major-labeled pairs than Cyclosporine

SPL source-record counts only. This page's band is moderate · classes on file: Aliskiren (Direct Renin Inhibitor); Cyclosporine (Calcineurin Inhibitor (Immunosuppressant)).

Aliskiren has 22 major-labeled pairs vs Cyclosporine's 5. This page itself is in the moderate band, not the major band.

Aliskiren

22 major · 3 moderate · 3 minor · 28 total

Cyclosporine

5 major · 24 moderate · 60 minor · 89 total

Sources: FDA Drug Labels (SPL) via openFDA (2026). This is for informational purposes only and is not medical advice. This registry does not provide individual medication-combination directions.