Ibandronate and Ranitidine Interaction

Drug interaction information between Ibandronate and Ranitidine.

Ibandronate and Ranitidine have a documented minor interaction in FDA labeling.

FDA drug labeling documents a minor-severity interaction between Ibandronate and Ranitidine. 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

Ibandronate

Bisphosphonate

Drug B

Ranitidine

H2 Receptor Antagonist

How They Interact

Ranitidine increases the amount of ibandronate that is absorbed into your body.

FDA Label Information

7.3 H2 Blockers In healthy volunteers, co-administration with ranitidine resulted in a 20% increased bioavailability of ibandronate, which was not considered to be clinically relevant (see CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY [12.3] ) . 7.3 H2 Blockers In healthy volunteers, co-administration with ranitidine resulted in a 20% increased bioavailability of ibandronate, which was not considered to be clinically relevant (see CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY [12.3] ) .

Ibandronate Also Interacts With

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Frequently Asked Questions

What SPL severity band is on file for Ibandronate + Ranitidine?

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

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

Ranitidine has 15 labeled pairs on file vs Ibandronate's 2. In the minor band specifically: Ibandronate has 1; Ranitidine has 11 (also Clonazepam, Darunavir, Diltiazem, Eprosartan).

What mechanism field is on file for Ibandronate and Ranitidine?

Ranitidine increases the amount of ibandronate that is absorbed into your body.

Ranitidine carries more major-labeled pairs than Ibandronate

SPL source-record counts only. This page's band is minor · classes on file: Ibandronate (Bisphosphonate); Ranitidine (H2 Receptor Antagonist).

Ranitidine has 3 major-labeled pairs vs Ibandronate's 1. This page itself is in the minor band, not the major band.

Ibandronate

1 major · 0 moderate · 1 minor · 2 total

Ibandronate has no other minor-band peer in this dataset besides Ranitidine.

Ranitidine

3 major · 1 moderate · 11 minor · 15 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.