Using beclometasone inhalers with other medicines and herbal supplements

Beclometasone inhalers can be used with most other medicines. But some medicines may affect your inhaler and increase the chance of having side effects.

Check with a pharmacist or your doctor if you're taking:

• medicines used to treat HIV such as ritonavir or cobicistat
• other medicines that contain steroids such as eczema creams, other asthma inhalers, steroid tablets, injections, nasal sprays or eye or nose drops
• medicines that could be affected by alcohol such as disulfiram or metronidazole. This is because some brands of beclometasone inhaler contain a very small amount of alcohol – check the leaflet that comes with your inhaler

There's not enough information to say that complementary medicines, herbal remedies and supplements are safe to take while using a beclometasone inhaler. They're not tested in the same way as pharmacy and prescription medicines. They're generally not tested for the effect they have on other medicines.

Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you're taking any other medicines, including herbal remedies, vitamins or supplements.