Skip to main content

What the FDA labels say about taking them together

Ensitrelvir and ivabradine

Ensitrelvir's FDA label of June 3, 2026 names ivabradine in its drug interactions section; the ivabradine label PlainMeds reads does not name ensitrelvir. The ensitrelvir label: “Co-administration is contraindicated.”

Check it at the source: the ensitrelvir FDA label on DailyMed (effective June 3, 2026, Shionogi Inc.); the ivabradine FDA label on DailyMed (effective November 10, 2025).

What does the ensitrelvir label say about ivabradine?

Ensitrelvir label, drug interactions

Drug Class: Cardiovascular drugs; Drug (s) within Class: eplerenone, ivabradine; Effect on Drug Concentration: ↑ eplerenone, ivabradine; Clinical Comment: Co-administration is contraindicated.

Source: FDA drug label (XOCOVA), Shionogi Inc., effective June 3, 2026 (SPL set 526acf60-abc3-2cc2-e063-6294a90affa6), via openFDA; the full label on DailyMed

What does the ivabradine label say about ensitrelvir?

Ivabradine's label (effective November 10, 2025) does not name ensitrelvir in these sections. A label lists what its studies and reports found; it is not a complete list.

Source: FDA drug label (Corlanor), Amgen Inc, effective November 10, 2025 (SPL set 92018a65-38f6-45f7-91d4-a34921b81d0d), via openFDA; the full label on DailyMed

These are the labels' own sentences. PlainMeds does not grade interactions; a pharmacist or prescriber can say what they mean for one person's medicines.

Both medicines on the record

0Ensitrelvir generic labelers
11Ivabradine generic labelers
EnsitrelvirIvabradine
Labeled forCOVID-19Heart failure
Boxed warningNoNo
Pharmacy cost (NADAC)n/a$0.761 per tablet 5 mg tablet
Shortage nowNo current entryA presentation being discontinued

Source: FDA NDC Directory, CMS NADAC of October 7, 2026 and the FDA Drug Shortage Database (FDA files October 8, 2026)

What next?