Drug & supplement interaction

Acacia Rigidula + Oxacillin

Oxacillin brand names: Prostaphlin, Bactocill.

No Known Interaction
Medically reviewed by · Updated July 2026 · Pair last verified Sep 20, 2026
The bottom line No known interaction

We found no known interaction between Acacia Rigidula and Oxacillin in our sources. Absence of a documented interaction is not the same as proven safety, and does not guarantee one does not exist. Do not start, stop, or change a medication or supplement based on this page; confirm with your pharmacist or doctor first.

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Acacia Rigidula and Oxacillin

We checked these two against our interaction database. Here is what we found.

No Known Interaction Found

We did not find a documented interaction between Oxacillin and Acacia Rigidula in our sources. This does not guarantee that the combination is completely free of risk — there is often limited research on supplements and herbal products, especially around drug interactions.

If you decide to take both, the practical routine is simple: add one new thing at a time and note the date you started it. If the combination is going to disagree with you, it usually shows in the first days to a couple of weeks — and a start date turns “I’ve been feeling off” into something a pharmacist can actually work with. Do not stop a prescribed medicine on your own.

Always talk with your pharmacist or doctor before making changes to your medications or supplements, particularly if you take several medications or have an ongoing health condition.

Acacia Rigidula safety at a glance

Acacia Rigidula overall Avoid Some products contain an unapproved synthetic stimulant (BMPEA), and human safety data are lacking.
Pregnancy Avoid Not enough safety information; stimulant content makes it unsafe to use during pregnancy.
Breastfeeding Avoid No reliable safety data; avoid while breastfeeding.

Safety guidance is general; always confirm with your pharmacist or doctor for your situation.

Still wondering about combining Oxacillin and Acacia Rigidula? Ask Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS directly ›
How we checked

Why No Interaction Is Listed for Oxacillin

Interactions in our licensed database are recorded against drug classes, not just single drug names. Oxacillin is filed under 4 classifications — including antibiotic drugs, nephrotoxic drugs, seizure threshold lowering drugs. Acacia Rigidula has documented interactions with 3 drug classes — the most serious being cytochrome p450 2d6 (cyp2d6) substrates (moderate), cytochrome p450 3a4 (cyp3a4) substrates (moderate) and stimulant drugs (moderate) — and none of Oxacillin’s classifications are among them.

Classification data comes from our licensed Natural Medicines dataset. A medication can belong to classes beyond those recorded there, so this describes how the check was run — it is not a safety guarantee.

Keep it in perspective

Acacia Rigidula Does Interact With Other Medications

Acacia Rigidula has 813 moderate known drug interactions in our database — Oxacillin isn’t one of them. If you take anything else, check it against the full list below.

Moderate 813 No known interaction 2,017 (incl. Oxacillin)
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What to actually watch for

What Acacia Rigidula Itself Has Been Linked To

This is not an interaction — nothing below involves Oxacillin. It is the side-effect record for Acacia Rigidula on its own, from the licensed Natural Medicines monograph. If something new turns up after you add Acacia Rigidula, this list is the first place to look.

  • A fast or pounding heartbeat Additional detail

    “There have been several reported cases of tachycardia and palpitations and one reported case of cardiac arrest in patients taking supplements containing Acacia rigidula and other stimulant ingredients. It is unclear if these adverse effects were due to Acacia rigidula or other stimulant ingredients in the supplements.”

    Acacia Rigidula · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in cardiac arrest.

    1 source cited
    1. 21079. Venhuis B, Keizers P, van Riel A, de Kaste D. A cocktail of synthetic stimulants found in a dietary supplement associated with serious adverse events. Drug Test Anal. 2014 Jun;6(6):578-81. doi: 10.1002/dta.1664. Epub 2014 May 6. PubMed

Everything above comes from the Natural Medicines adverse-effect record for Acacia Rigidula — expand a row for the licensed statement it rests on. We read the ADVERSE REACTIONS section of Oxacillin’s FDA label too, and the two lists don’t meaningfully overlap — which is why no Oxacillin column appears here.

Everything else you take

See Every Supplement That Interacts With Oxacillin

This page covers Acacia Rigidula only. If you take other supplements — a multivitamin, a sleep aid, something for joints — the Oxacillin page lists 56 supplements it has a documented interaction with, worst first, each one explained.

The most serious there right now: Activated Charcoal (major), Asarabacca (major), Siberian Cocklebur (major), Aristolochia (moderate) and Bacillus Coagulans (moderate).

By severity: 3 major · 42 moderate · 11 minor.

From our pharmacist’s overview on the Oxacillin page

“Kidney harm is the first risk to understand with oxacillin (Bactocill, Prostaphlin), a penicillin antibiotic given for serious staph infections. Siberian cocklebur and asarabacca can each damage the kidneys on their own, and combining them with oxacillin risks compounding that harm; both carry major ratings, as does activated charcoal,…”

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How much people look this up

Where Acacia Rigidula and Oxacillin Sit Against Everything Else

Out of every supplement and medication people look up on HelloPharmacist, here is where these two land this week — and which way each has been moving.

Supplement Acacia Rigidula
Top half

#522 of 1,452 supplements looked up here in the last 7 days

29 days ago today
Medication Oxacillin
Top half

#1,250 of 2,830 medications looked up here in the last 7 days

29 days ago today

Position among everything looked up on this site, not a measure of how commonly either one is used or how important it is. A supplement can climb this list because of a news story. It counts every request to the page, automated ones included, and nothing here identifies anyone.

Where does our data come from?
  • Source: the Natural Medicines (TRC Healthcare) clinical database — the evidence-graded professional reference for herb & supplement interactions.
  • Citation library: 103,510 references behind our interaction content, 65,311 of them resolved to verified PubMed/DOI sources. See every Acacia Rigidula reference on this page ↓
  • Freshness: we automatically re-check this combination every week — this pair was last verified September 20, 2026. The Acacia Rigidula and Oxacillin records this page draws on were last updated July 10, 2026.
  • What “no known interaction” means: no documented interaction in the sources above — not a guarantee of safety. Supplements are studied far less than prescription drugs, so we say exactly what the evidence supports, and nothing more.
Data structure & sourcing designed and verified by .
Supplement

About Acacia Rigidula

What is Acacia Rigidula?

Acacia Rigidula
  • Weight loss
  • Energy and stimulation
  • Boosting metabolism
  • Appetite control
  • Pre-workout/athletic performance

Acacia rigidula is a shrub from Texas and Mexico that is marketed in weight-loss and energy supplements. There is very little reliable human evidence that it works, and some products have been found to contain an unapproved stimulant drug (BMPEA), which raises real safety concerns. Most people should avoid it and talk to a pharmacist or doctor before trying any product containing it.

Vachellia rigidula · Fabaceae · Leaves and stems · Capsules, tablets, powders (often in weight-loss and pre-workout blends)

An interaction check asks whether these two react with each other — it does not ask whether Acacia Rigidula is a good idea for someone in your situation. Here is what our Acacia Rigidula record says about it on its own.

Acacia Rigidula: dosing

There is no established or proven safe dose for Acacia rigidula. Given the safety concerns, many pharmacists would recommend avoiding these products altogether.

From our Acacia Rigidula monograph — the full record covers uses, side effects and every documented interaction.

Read the full Acacia Rigidula monograph & all interactions
Medication

About Oxacillin Injection

What Is Oxacillin Injection Used For?

Brand names: Prostaphlin, Bactocill

Oxacillin Injection is used to treat infections caused by staphylococci (a type of bacteria) that produce an enzyme called penicillinase — meaning they are resistant to regular penicillin. It is specifically chosen when lab tests confirm, or strongly suggest, this type of resistant staph is the cause.

It should not be used for infections caused by bacteria that are still susceptible to regular penicillin G. If lab results show the infection is caused by something other than a resistant staph, treatment with oxacillin should be stopped and a more appropriate antibiotic used.

Most-Reported Side Effects for Oxacillin

From FAERS, the FDA’s public side-effect reporting system (1,115 reports, all brands). Reports are voluntary and are not proof the drug caused the effect.

Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms 68 reports
Acute kidney injury 63 reports
Fever 59 reports
Rash 55 reports
Toxic epidermal necrolysis 42 reports
See full Oxacillin Injection drug information
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Other Drugs & Acacia Rigidula

Browse every other medication we’ve checked against Acacia Rigidula — both the ones with a known interaction and the ones without. Select any drug for the full detail.

0Major
813Moderate
0Minor
2,016No known interaction
813 Moderate 2,016 No interaction
Moderate

813 interactions

Showing 60 of 813 moderate interactions — see all 813 on the Acacia Rigidula page.

No interaction 2,016 drugs checked — show the list

We also checked Acacia Rigidula against these medications and found no known interaction in our sources. Open any page to confirm.

Showing the 60 most looked-up of 2,016 medications checked with no known interaction — see the full Acacia Rigidula list.

See the full Acacia Rigidula interactions page
See every supplement checked against Oxacillin, ranked by severity
Evidence & sources

Acacia Rigidula References

The 4 references that drive our Acacia Rigidula monograph and interaction data, from the evidence-graded Natural Medicines (TRC Healthcare) database. Citations with a link open the study on PubMed or the publisher’s site.

  1. Pawar RS, Grundel E, Fardin-Kia AR, Rader JI. Determination of selected biogenic amines in Acacia rigidula plant materials and dietary supplements using LC-MS/MS methods. J Pharm Biomed Anal. 2014 Jan;88:457-66. doi: 10.1016/j.jpba.2013.09.012. Epub 2013 PubMed
  2. Venhuis B, Keizers P, van Riel A, de Kaste D. A cocktail of synthetic stimulants found in a dietary supplement associated with serious adverse events. Drug Test Anal. 2014 Jun;6(6):578-81. doi: 10.1002/dta.1664. Epub 2014 May 6. PubMed
  3. Cohen PA, Bloszies C, Yee C, Gerona R. An amphetamine isomer whose efficacy and safety in humans has never been studied, ß-methylphenylethylamine (BMPEA), is found in multiple dietary supplements. Drug Test Anal. 2015 Apr 7. PubMed
  4. Liu Y, Santillo MF. Cytochrome P450 2D6 and 3A4 enzyme inhibition by amine stimulants in dietary supplements. Drug Test Anal. 2016;8(3-4):307-10. PubMed

Medication overviews come from MedlinePlus (NIH); supplement label data from the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database. Content is written and reviewed by licensed HelloPharmacist pharmacists — see our data sources and editorial standards.

Pharmacist Counseling Corner

Taking Acacia Rigidula and Oxacillin Together: Common Questions

Is it safe to take Acacia Rigidula with Oxacillin?
We do not list a known interaction between Acacia Rigidula and Oxacillin. That does not guarantee the combination is risk-free, so confirm with your pharmacist or doctor — especially if you take other medications or have a health condition.
How was the Acacia Rigidula and Oxacillin combination checked?
Interactions in our licensed database are recorded against drug classes. Oxacillin is filed under 4 classifications, and Acacia Rigidula has documented interactions with 3 drug classes — none of Oxacillin's classifications are among them. A medication can belong to classes beyond those recorded in our dataset, so this describes how the check was run rather than guaranteeing safety.
Does Acacia Rigidula interact with any other medications?
Yes. Acacia Rigidula has 813 documented drug interactions in our database — Oxacillin is simply not one of them. If you take anything else, it is worth checking each one; they are all listed on this page.
Does Oxacillin interact with any supplements?
Yes. Oxacillin has documented interactions with 56 supplements in our database — Acacia Rigidula is not one of them. The Oxacillin interaction page linked on this page lists every one, ranked by severity.

Written and reviewed by the HelloPharmacist editorial staff. Our editorial policy

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