Drug & supplement interaction

Arabinoxylan + Propranolol Hydrochloride

Propranolol Hydrochloride brand name: Hemangeol.

No Known Interaction
Medically reviewed by · Updated July 2026 · Pair last verified Oct 4, 2026
The bottom line No known interaction

We found no known interaction between Arabinoxylan and Propranolol Hydrochloride 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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Arabinoxylan and Propranolol Hydrochloride

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 Propranolol Hydrochloride and Arabinoxylan 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.

Arabinoxylan safety at a glance

Arabinoxylan overall Use caution Generally considered well tolerated as a food-derived fiber, but high-quality long-term safety data are limited.
Pregnancy Use caution Not enough reliable data on supplement use; stick to fiber from normal foods unless your provider advises otherwise.
Breastfeeding Use caution There is little safety information for supplements while breastfeeding, so caution is advised.

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

Still wondering about combining Propranolol Hydrochloride and Arabinoxylan? Ask Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS directly ›
How we checked

Why No Interaction Is Listed for Propranolol Hydrochloride

Interactions in our licensed database are recorded against drug classes, not just single drug names. Propranolol Hydrochloride is filed under 9 classifications — including beta-blockers, cytochrome p450 2c19 (cyp2c19) substrates, antihypertensive drugs. Arabinoxylan has documented interactions with 1 drug class — the most serious being antidiabetes drugs (moderate) — and none of Propranolol Hydrochloride’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

Arabinoxylan Does Interact With Other Medications

Arabinoxylan has 86 moderate known drug interactions in our database — Propranolol Hydrochloride isn’t one of them. If you take anything else, check it against the full list below.

Moderate 86 No known interaction 2,744 (incl. Propranolol Hydrochloride)
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What to actually watch for

What Arabinoxylan Itself Has Been Linked To

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

  • Bloating or gas / Stomach pain / Diarrhea Additional detail

    “Orally, arabinoxylan seems to be well tolerated. Some adverse effects reported in clinical trials include diarrhea, gas, bloating, and abdominal pain.”

    Arabinoxylan · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in diarrhea.

    3 sources cited
    1. 25664. Grasten S, Liukkonen K-H, Chrevatidis A, et al. Effects of wheat pentosan and inulin on the metabolic activity of fecal microbiota and on bowel function in healthy humans. Nutrition Res 2003;23:1503-14. DOI
    2. 99677. François IE, Lescroart O, Veraverbeke WS, et al. Effects of a wheat bran extract containing arabinoxylan oligosaccharides on gastrointestinal health parameters in healthy adult human volunteers: a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, cross-over t
    3. 99680. Scarpellini E, Deloose E, Vos R, et al, The effect of arabinoxylooligosaccharides on gastric sensory-motor function and nutrient tolerance in man. Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2016 Aug;28(8):1194-203. PubMed

    “Orally, arabinoxylan can cause gastrointestinal adverse effects such as diarrhea, gas, bloating, and abdominal pain.”

    Arabinoxylan · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in diarrhea.

    3 sources cited
    1. 25664. Grasten S, Liukkonen K-H, Chrevatidis A, et al. Effects of wheat pentosan and inulin on the metabolic activity of fecal microbiota and on bowel function in healthy humans. Nutrition Res 2003;23:1503-14. DOI
    2. 99677. François IE, Lescroart O, Veraverbeke WS, et al. Effects of a wheat bran extract containing arabinoxylan oligosaccharides on gastrointestinal health parameters in healthy adult human volunteers: a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, cross-over t
    3. 99680. Scarpellini E, Deloose E, Vos R, et al, The effect of arabinoxylooligosaccharides on gastric sensory-motor function and nutrient tolerance in man. Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2016 Aug;28(8):1194-203. PubMed

Everything above comes from the Natural Medicines adverse-effect record for Arabinoxylan — expand a row for the licensed statement it rests on. We haven’t matched Propranolol Hydrochloride 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 Propranolol Hydrochloride.

Everything else you take

See Every Supplement That Interacts With Propranolol Hydrochloride

This page covers Arabinoxylan only. If you take other supplements — a multivitamin, a sleep aid, something for joints — the Propranolol Hydrochloride page lists 236 supplements it has a documented interaction with, worst first, each one explained.

The most serious there right now: Activated Charcoal (major), American Hellebore (major), American Mistletoe (major), Indian Snakeroot (major) and Tyramine (major).

Open the Propranolol Hydrochloride interaction page

One more smart check

Taking Arabinoxylan as Part of a Dietary Supplement Product? Check It for Interactions

We hold 1 real supplement products containing Arabinoxylan, each one broken down to its full ingredient list — and combination products often carry several ingredients besides Arabinoxylan. Even though Arabinoxylan itself has no known interaction with Propranolol Hydrochloride, another ingredient on your label might. Find your product and we’ll check every ingredient on its label:

How much people look this up

Where Arabinoxylan and Propranolol Hydrochloride 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 Arabinoxylan
Steady interest

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

29 days ago today
Medication Propranolol Hydrochloride
Top half

#1,051 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 Arabinoxylan reference on this page ↓
  • Freshness: we automatically re-check this combination every week — this pair was last verified October 4, 2026. The Arabinoxylan and Propranolol Hydrochloride 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 Arabinoxylan

What is Arabinoxylan?

Arabinoxylan
  • Blood sugar support
  • Digestive and gut health (prebiotic)
  • Cholesterol and triglyceride support
  • Immune support
  • Metabolic syndrome

Arabinoxylan is a type of dietary fiber found in cereal grains that acts as a prebiotic and may modestly affect blood sugar and blood fats. The evidence for most uses is early and limited, so it should not replace proven treatments. If you are considering it, talk with your pharmacist or doctor first.

Fiber extracted from the cell walls of cereal grains (such as wheat bran, rice bran, corn, rye, oat, and barley) · Powder, capsules, and a modified rice-bran product known as MGN-3 (Biobran)

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

Arabinoxylan: dosing

There is no official or standardized dose of arabinoxylan, and amounts used in studies have varied widely depending on the product and the goal.The best approach is to follow the directions on the specific product label and to start low and increase slowly to limit gas and bloating.

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

Read the full Arabinoxylan monograph & all interactions
Medication

About Propranolol (Infantile Hemangioma)

What Is Propranolol (Infantile Hemangioma) Used For?

Brand name: Hemangeol

This intravenous (IV) form of propranolol is used in hospital settings to treat serious, life-threatening heart rhythm problems. It works on several types of abnormal rhythms, including those that happen during anesthesia or are caused by drug toxicity.

Specific uses include fast heart rhythms coming from the upper chambers of the heart (supraventricular tachycardia), dangerous rhythms caused by too much digitalis in the body, and certain fast rhythms triggered by excess stress hormones (catecholamines) during surgery.

Most-Reported Side Effects for Propranolol Hydrochloride

From FAERS, the FDA’s public side-effect reporting system (71,669 reports, all brands). Reports are voluntary and are not proof the drug caused the effect.

Nausea 4,551 reports
Headache 3,962 reports
Fatigue 3,912 reports
Diarrhea 3,292 reports
Dizziness 3,221 reports
See full Propranolol (Infantile Hemangioma) drug information
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Other Drugs & Arabinoxylan

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

0Major
86Moderate
0Minor
2,743No known interaction
86 Moderate 2,743 No interaction
Moderate

86 interactions

Showing 60 of 86 moderate interactions — see all 86 on the Arabinoxylan page.

No interaction 2,743 drugs checked — show the list

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

Showing the 60 most looked-up of 2,743 medications checked with no known interaction — see the full Arabinoxylan list.

See the full Arabinoxylan interactions page
See every supplement checked against Propranolol Hydrochloride, ranked by severity
Evidence & sources

Arabinoxylan References

The 8 references that drive our Arabinoxylan 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. Grasten S, Liukkonen K-H, Chrevatidis A, et al. Effects of wheat pentosan and inulin on the metabolic activity of fecal microbiota and on bowel function in healthy humans. Nutrition Res 2003;23:1503-14. DOI
  2. Lu ZX, Walker KZ, Muir JG, Mascara T, O'Dea K. Arabinoxylan fiber, a byproduct of wheat flour processing, reduces the postprandial glucose response in normoglycemic subjects. Am J Clin Nutr 2000;71(5):1123-1128.
  3. Lu ZX, Walker KZ, Muir JG, O'Dea K. Arabinoxylan fibre improves metabolic control in people with Type II diabetes. Eur J Clin Nutr 2004;58(4):621-8. PubMed
  4. Garcia AL, Otto B, Reich SC, et al. Arabinoxylan consumption decreases postprandial serum glucose, serum insulin and plasma total ghrelin response in subjects with impaired glucose tolerance. Eur J Clin Nutr 2007;61(3):334-41. PubMed
  5. Garcia AL, Steiniger J, Reich SC, et al. Arabinoxylan fibre consumption improved glucose metabolism, but did not affect serum adipokines in subjects with impaired glucose tolerance. Horm Metab Res 2006;38(11):761-766. PubMed
  6. François IE, Lescroart O, Veraverbeke WS, et al. Effects of a wheat bran extract containing arabinoxylan oligosaccharides on gastrointestinal health parameters in healthy adult human volunteers: a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, cross-over t
  7. Schioldan AG, Gregersen S, Hald S, et al. Effects of a diet rich in arabinoxylan and resistant starch compared with a diet rich in refined carbohydrates on postprandial metabolism and features of the metabolic syndrome. Eur J Nutr. 2018 Mar;57(2):795-807. PubMed
  8. Scarpellini E, Deloose E, Vos R, et al, The effect of arabinoxylooligosaccharides on gastric sensory-motor function and nutrient tolerance in man. Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2016 Aug;28(8):1194-203. 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 Arabinoxylan and Propranolol Hydrochloride Together: Common Questions

Is it safe to take Arabinoxylan with Propranolol Hydrochloride?
We do not list a known interaction between Arabinoxylan and Propranolol Hydrochloride. 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 Arabinoxylan and Propranolol Hydrochloride combination checked?
Interactions in our licensed database are recorded against drug classes. Propranolol Hydrochloride is filed under 9 classifications, and Arabinoxylan has documented interactions with 1 drug class — none of Propranolol Hydrochloride'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 Arabinoxylan interact with any other medications?
Yes. Arabinoxylan has 86 documented drug interactions in our database — Propranolol Hydrochloride 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 Propranolol Hydrochloride interact with any supplements?
Yes. Propranolol Hydrochloride has documented interactions with 236 supplements in our database — Arabinoxylan is not one of them. The Propranolol Hydrochloride interaction page linked on this page lists every one, ranked by severity.

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