Drug & supplement interaction

Antineoplastons + Ceftriaxone

Ceftriaxone brand name: Rocephin.

No Known Interaction
The bottom line No known interaction

We found no known interaction between Antineoplastons and Ceftriaxone 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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Antineoplastons and Ceftriaxone

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 Ceftriaxone and Antineoplastons 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.

Worth understanding: our licensed dataset holds no drug-interaction record for Antineoplastons at all — not against Ceftriaxone, and not against any other medication we track. This verdict therefore rests on the absence of any recorded data, not on research that looked at this combination and found nothing. We cannot rule an interaction out.

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.

Antineoplastons safety at a glance

Antineoplastons overall Use caution Not FDA-approved; effectiveness is unproven and side effects can be serious, especially at high doses.
Pregnancy Avoid There is no reliable safety data, so use during pregnancy should be avoided.
Breastfeeding Avoid Safety while breastfeeding is unknown, so it should be avoided.

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

Still wondering about combining Ceftriaxone and Antineoplastons? Ask Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS directly ›
What to actually watch for

What Antineoplastons Itself Has Been Linked To

This is not an interaction — nothing below involves Ceftriaxone. It is the side-effect record for Antineoplastons on its own, from the licensed Natural Medicines monograph. If something new turns up after you add Antineoplastons, this list is the first place to look. 3 entries are worth acting on rather than waiting out — marked below.

  • Low blood sugar / Low potassium Worth acting on Additional detail

    “Adverse effects to antineoplastons have been reported in several small clinical studies. It is not clear how common these reactions are, or if they occur more frequently than with placebo. Since many patients taking antineoplastons have been diagnosed with serious illnesses, such as advanced cancers, it is not clear if these effects resulted from the illnesses themselves or were caused by antineoplastons.”

    Antineoplastons · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in hypokalemia.

    5 sources cited
    1. 20101. Burzynski SR, Mohabbat MO, Burzynski B. Human toxicology studies on oral formulation of Antineoplaston A10. Drugs Exp Clin Res 1984;10(12):891-909.
    2. 25604. Tsuda H, Hara H, Eriguchi N, et al. Toxicological study on antineoplastons A-10 and AS2-1 in cancer patients. Kurume Med J 1995;42(4):241-249. PubMed
    3. 25620. Burzynski SR, Kubove E. Toxicology studies on antineoplaston A10 injections in cancer patients. Drugs Exp Clin Res 1986;12 Suppl 1:47-55.
    4. 25621. Burzynski SR, Kubove E. Initial clinical study with antineoplaston A2 injections in cancer patients with five years' follow-up. Drugs Exp Clin Res 1987;13 Suppl 1:1-11.
    5. 25603. Burzynski SR, Lewy RI, Weaver RA, et al. Phase II study of antineoplaston A10 and AS2-1 in patients with recurrent diffuse intrinsic brain stem glioma: a preliminary report. Drugs R D 2003;4(2):91-101. PubMed
  • An irregular heartbeat / Chest pain / Raised blood pressure Worth acting on Additional detail

    “Intravenously, antineoplaston A5 has been associated with palpitations at doses up to 153 mg/kg daily. A 71 year-old male bladder cancer patient experienced chest pressure and irregular heartbeat after receiving intravenous antineoplaston A5 58 mg/kg/day for 5 days. Use of intravenous antineoplaston AS2-1, up to 160 mg/kg daily for over 2 years, has been associated with mild hypertension.”

    Antineoplastons · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in bladder cancer.

    5 sources cited
    1. 25608. Burzynski SR, Kubove E, Burzynski B. Phase I clinical studies of antineoplaston A5 injections. Drugs Exp Clin Res 1987;13 Suppl 1:37-43.
    2. 25622. Burzynski SR, Kubove E, Burzynski B. Phase I clinical studies of antineoplaston A5 injections. Drugs Exp Clin Res 1987;13 Suppl 1:37-43.
    3. 25604. Tsuda H, Hara H, Eriguchi N, et al. Toxicological study on antineoplastons A-10 and AS2-1 in cancer patients. Kurume Med J 1995;42(4):241-249. PubMed
    4. 25619. Burzynski SR, Burzynski B, Mohabbat MO. Toxicology studies on antineoplaston AS2-1 injections in cancer patients. Drugs Exp Clin Res 1986;12 Suppl 1:25-35.
    5. 25607. Burzynski SR, Kubove E. Phase I clinical studies of antineoplaston A3 injections. Drugs Exp Clin Res 1987;13 Suppl 1:17-29.
  • Anemia Worth acting on Additional detail

    “Orally and intravenously, decreased bone marrow activity has been reported for patients treated with chemotherapy along with antineoplaston A10 or antineoplaston AS2-1; however, this effect has not been observed for patients treated with these antineoplastons without chemotherapy.

    Intravenously, antineoplastons A10 and AS2-1 have been associated with anemia and lowered white blood cell counts in patients with brain t…”

    Antineoplastons · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in anemia.

    6 sources cited
    1. 20101. Burzynski SR, Mohabbat MO, Burzynski B. Human toxicology studies on oral formulation of Antineoplaston A10. Drugs Exp Clin Res 1984;10(12):891-909.
    2. 25604. Tsuda H, Hara H, Eriguchi N, et al. Toxicological study on antineoplastons A-10 and AS2-1 in cancer patients. Kurume Med J 1995;42(4):241-249. PubMed
    3. 25603. Burzynski SR, Lewy RI, Weaver RA, et al. Phase II study of antineoplaston A10 and AS2-1 in patients with recurrent diffuse intrinsic brain stem glioma: a preliminary report. Drugs R D 2003;4(2):91-101. PubMed
    4. 25611. Burzynski SR, Weaver RA, Janicki T, et al. Long-term survival of high-risk pediatric patients with primitive neuroectodermal tumors treated with antineoplastons A10 and AS2-1. Integr Cancer Ther 2005;4(2):168-177. PubMed
    5. 99814. Burzynski SR, Janicki TJ, Weaver RA, Burzynski B. Targeted therapy with antineoplastons A10 and AS2-1 of high-grade, recurrent, and progressive brainstem glioma. Integr Cancer Ther. 2006 Mar;5(1):40-7. PubMed
    6. 25623. Kumabe T, Tsuda H, Uchida M, et al. Antineoplaston treatment for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma. Oncol Rep 1998;5(6):1363-1367. PubMed
  • Ringing in the ears Additional detail

    “Orally and intravenously, headache, fatigue, sleepiness, ringing in the ears, and numbness have been reported for patients treated with antineoplastons A10 and AS2-1. Dizziness has also been noted for some patients treated with oral antineoplaston A10 or intravenous antineoplaston A3.”

    Antineoplastons · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in cluster headache.

    6 sources cited
    1. 25593. Buckner JC, Malkin MG, Reed E, et al. Phase II study of antineoplastons A10 (NSC 648539) and AS2-1 (NSC 620261) in patients with recurrent glioma. Mayo Clin Proc 1999;74(2):137-145. PubMed
    2. 25601. Burzynski SR, Conde AB, Peters A, et al. A retrospective study of antineoplastons A10 and AS2-1 in primary brain tumors. Clin Drug Invest 1999;18(1):1-10.
    3. 25603. Burzynski SR, Lewy RI, Weaver RA, et al. Phase II study of antineoplaston A10 and AS2-1 in patients with recurrent diffuse intrinsic brain stem glioma: a preliminary report. Drugs R D 2003;4(2):91-101. PubMed
    4. 25610. Burzynski SR, Weaver RA, Lewy RI, et al. Phase II study of antineoplaston A10 and AS2-1 in children with recurrent and progressive multicentric glioma : a preliminary report. Drugs R D 2004;5(6):315-326. PubMed
    5. 25620. Burzynski SR, Kubove E. Toxicology studies on antineoplaston A10 injections in cancer patients. Drugs Exp Clin Res 1986;12 Suppl 1:47-55.
    6. 20101. Burzynski SR, Mohabbat MO, Burzynski B. Human toxicology studies on oral formulation of Antineoplaston A10. Drugs Exp Clin Res 1984;10(12):891-909.
  • Chills / Sore throat Additional detail

    Recorded for Antineoplastons in the same Natural Medicines adverse-effect record shown under Low blood sugar / Low potassium above.

  • Bloating or gas Additional detail

    “Orally, nausea, vomiting, upset stomach, abdominal pain, and excessive flatulence has been reported for patients with neoplastic disease treated with antineoplaston A10 100-149 mg/kg/day for up to 149 days.”

    Antineoplastons · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in flatulence.

    2 sources cited
    1. 20101. Burzynski SR, Mohabbat MO, Burzynski B. Human toxicology studies on oral formulation of Antineoplaston A10. Drugs Exp Clin Res 1984;10(12):891-909.
    2. 25620. Burzynski SR, Kubove E. Toxicology studies on antineoplaston A10 injections in cancer patients. Drugs Exp Clin Res 1986;12 Suppl 1:47-55.

Showing the 10 most notable of 25 recorded effects — ranked by how unusual each one is across medicines generally, with serious effects weighted up.

Everything above comes from the Natural Medicines adverse-effect record for Antineoplastons — expand a row for the licensed statement it rests on. We haven’t matched Ceftriaxone to its FDA label in our system yet, so we can’t compare its own side-effect list here — the leaflet that comes with your prescription is the authoritative list for Ceftriaxone.

Everything else you take

See Every Supplement That Interacts With Ceftriaxone

This page covers Antineoplastons only. If you take other supplements — a multivitamin, a sleep aid, something for joints — the Ceftriaxone page lists 44 supplements it has a documented interaction with, worst first, each one explained.

The most serious there right now: Asarabacca (major), Calcium (major), Siberian Cocklebur (major), African Wild Potato (moderate) and Aristolochia (moderate).

By severity: 3 major · 39 moderate · 2 minor.

From our pharmacist’s overview on the Ceftriaxone page

“Kidney strain is the risk to understand first on this page. Ceftriaxone (Rocephin) is an injectable antibiotic used for serious infections, and three of the 44 supplements on file carry major ratings, two of them because they can harm the kidneys on their own: Siberian cocklebur and asarabacca, which is often contaminated with kidney-d…”

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How much people look this up

Where Antineoplastons and Ceftriaxone 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 Antineoplastons
Steady interest

#1,148 of 1,452 supplements looked up here in the last 7 days

29 days ago today
Medication Ceftriaxone
Top half

#1,136 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 Antineoplastons reference on this page ↓
  • Freshness: we automatically re-check this combination every week — this pair was last verified September 20, 2026. The Antineoplastons and Ceftriaxone 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 Antineoplastons

What is Antineoplastons?

  • Cancer (various types, including brain tumors)
  • Adjunct cancer support
  • Investigational anticancer therapy

Antineoplastons are synthetic peptide and amino acid compounds promoted as an alternative cancer treatment, but they are not approved by the FDA and high-quality clinical evidence supporting their effectiveness is lacking. Most studies have been conducted by their developer and have not been independently confirmed. If you are considering them, talk with your oncologist first, and never replace proven cancer treatment with an unproven one.

Synthetic peptides, amino acid derivatives, and organic acids (originally isolated from human blood and urine) · Oral capsules and intravenous (IV) infusions, used mainly within specific clinics or research settings

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

Antineoplastons: dosing

There is no established, standardized safe dose of antineoplastons for any condition, and they are not available as a regular over-the-counter supplement. The doses studied have varied widely and were given under medical supervision, often as intravenous infusions.Because these products are unproven and can cause serious side effects, you should not try to dose them on your own. If you are considering antineoplastons, discuss it thoroughly with your oncologist and pharmacist first.

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

Read the full Antineoplastons monograph & all interactions
Medication

About Ceftriaxone Injection

What Is Ceftriaxone Injection Used For?

Brand name: Rocephin

Ceftriaxone Injection is used to treat bacterial infections in many parts of the body, including the lungs (lower respiratory tract infections), urinary tract, skin, bones and joints, abdomen, and bloodstream (septicemia). It also treats bacterial meningitis (infection of the lining around the brain and spinal cord), pelvic inflammatory disease, acute bacterial ear infections (otitis media), and gonorrhea.

In addition, a single dose of ceftriaxone may be given before certain surgeries — such as hysterectomy, gallbladder surgery, or coronary artery bypass surgery — to help prevent postoperative infection. It works only against bacterial infections; it will not treat viral illnesses like the flu or a cold.

Most-Reported Side Effects for Ceftriaxone

From FAERS, the FDA’s public side-effect reporting system (38,242 reports, all brands). Reports are voluntary and are not proof the drug caused the effect.

Fever 2,054 reports
Acute kidney injury 1,826 reports
Dyspnea 1,592 reports
Pneumonia 1,338 reports
Vomiting 1,265 reports
See full Ceftriaxone Injection drug information
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Other Drugs & Antineoplastons

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

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Evidence & sources

Antineoplastons References

The 20 references that drive our Antineoplastons 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. Burzynski SR, Stolzmann Z, Szopa B, Stolzmann E, Kaltenberg OP. Antineoplaston A in cancer therapy. (I). Physiol Chem Phys 1977;9(6):485-500.
  2. Burzynski SR, Mohabbat MO, Burzynski B. Human toxicology studies on oral formulation of Antineoplaston A10. Drugs Exp Clin Res 1984;10(12):891-909.
  3. Burzynski SR, Kubove E, Burzynski B. Treatment of hormonally refractory cancer of the prostate with antineoplaston AS2-1. Drugs Exp Clin Res 1990;16(7):361-369.
  4. Buckner JC, Malkin MG, Reed E, et al. Phase II study of antineoplastons A10 (NSC 648539) and AS2-1 (NSC 620261) in patients with recurrent glioma. Mayo Clin Proc 1999;74(2):137-145. PubMed
  5. Burzynski SR, Conde AB, Peters A, et al. A retrospective study of antineoplastons A10 and AS2-1 in primary brain tumors. Clin Drug Invest 1999;18(1):1-10.
  6. Burzynski SR, Lewy RI, Weaver RA, et al. Phase II study of antineoplaston A10 and AS2-1 in patients with recurrent diffuse intrinsic brain stem glioma: a preliminary report. Drugs R D 2003;4(2):91-101. PubMed
  7. Tsuda H, Hara H, Eriguchi N, et al. Toxicological study on antineoplastons A-10 and AS2-1 in cancer patients. Kurume Med J 1995;42(4):241-249. PubMed
  8. Burzynski SR, Kubove E. Phase I clinical studies of antineoplaston A3 injections. Drugs Exp Clin Res 1987;13 Suppl 1:17-29.
  9. Burzynski SR, Kubove E, Burzynski B. Phase I clinical studies of antineoplaston A5 injections. Drugs Exp Clin Res 1987;13 Suppl 1:37-43.
  10. Burzynski SR, Weaver RA, Lewy RI, et al. Phase II study of antineoplaston A10 and AS2-1 in children with recurrent and progressive multicentric glioma : a preliminary report. Drugs R D 2004;5(6):315-326. PubMed
  11. Burzynski SR, Weaver RA, Janicki T, et al. Long-term survival of high-risk pediatric patients with primitive neuroectodermal tumors treated with antineoplastons A10 and AS2-1. Integr Cancer Ther 2005;4(2):168-177. PubMed
  12. Burzynski SR, Burzynski B, Mohabbat MO. Toxicology studies on antineoplaston AS2-1 injections in cancer patients. Drugs Exp Clin Res 1986;12 Suppl 1:25-35.
  13. Burzynski SR, Kubove E. Toxicology studies on antineoplaston A10 injections in cancer patients. Drugs Exp Clin Res 1986;12 Suppl 1:47-55.
  14. Burzynski SR, Kubove E. Initial clinical study with antineoplaston A2 injections in cancer patients with five years' follow-up. Drugs Exp Clin Res 1987;13 Suppl 1:1-11.
  15. Burzynski SR, Kubove E, Burzynski B. Phase I clinical studies of antineoplaston A5 injections. Drugs Exp Clin Res 1987;13 Suppl 1:37-43.

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 Antineoplastons and Ceftriaxone Together: Common Questions

Is it safe to take Antineoplastons with Ceftriaxone?
We do not list a known interaction between Antineoplastons and Ceftriaxone. 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.
Does Ceftriaxone interact with any supplements?
Yes. Ceftriaxone has documented interactions with 44 supplements in our database — Antineoplastons is not one of them. The Ceftriaxone interaction page linked on this page lists every one, ranked by severity.

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