Drug & supplement interaction

Artemisia Herba-alba + Adalimumab

Adalimumab brand name: Humira.

No Known Interaction

Medically reviewed by Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS · Updated July 2026 · Pair last verified Sep 13, 2026

The bottom line No known interaction

We found no known interaction between Artemisia Herba-alba and Adalimumab 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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Interaction report

Artemisia Herba-alba and Adalimumab

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 Adalimumab and Artemisia Herba-alba 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.

Artemisia Herba-alba safety at a glance

Artemisia Herba-al... overall Use caution Limited human safety data and the herb may affect blood sugar, so use carefully and under professional guidance.

Pregnancy Avoid Avoid during pregnancy; Artemisia species are traditionally linked to uterine stimulation and lack safety data.

Breastfeeding Avoid No reliable safety information is available, so avoid while breastfeeding.

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

Still wondering about combining Adalimumab and Artemisia Herba-alba? Ask Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS directly ›

How we checked

Why No Interaction Is Listed for Adalimumab

Interactions in our licensed database are recorded against drug classes, not just single drug names. Adalimumab is filed under a single classification — immunosuppressants. Artemisia Herba-alba has documented interactions with 1 drug class — the most serious being antidiabetes drugs (moderate) — and none of Adalimumab’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

Artemisia Herba-alba Does Interact With Other Medications

Artemisia Herba-alba has 86 moderate known drug interactions in our database — Adalimumab 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. Adalimumab)

Taking anything else?

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Covers the 2,830 medications we’ve checked against Artemisia Herba-alba. Pick one to open its full report.

What to actually watch for

What Artemisia Herba-alba Itself Has Been Linked To

This is not an interaction — nothing below involves Adalimumab. It is the side-effect record for Artemisia Herba-alba on its own, from the licensed Natural Medicines monograph. If something new turns up after you add Artemisia Herba-alba, this list is the first place to look. 2 entries are worth acting on rather than waiting out — marked below.

High potassium / High blood sugar / Kidney problems Worth acting on Additional detail
“In one case report, a 59-year-old male with a history of diabetes mellitus developed acute renal failure with proteinuria and hyperkalemia after drinking a tea containing aqueous Artemisia herba-alba extract, 2 cups daily for 2 days. Recovery occurred after several sessions of dialysis.”

Artemisia Herba-alba · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in diabetes.
1 source cited

96567. Aloui S, Skhiri H, Ltaief A, Elmay M. An exceptional case of acute renal failure: is there a renal toxicity of Artemisia herba-alba? Renal Failure 2010;32(8):1009-11.
A slow heartbeat Worth acting on Additional detail

“There is currently a limited amount of information on the adverse effects of Artemisia herba-alba. A thorough evaluation of safety outcomes has not been conducted.

Most Common Adverse Effects:

Orally: Bradycardia, hypotension.”

Artemisia Herba-alba · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in hypotension.
Low blood pressure Additional detail

Recorded for Artemisia Herba-alba in the same Natural Medicines adverse-effect record shown under A slow heartbeat above.

Everything above comes from the Natural Medicines adverse-effect record for Artemisia Herba-alba — expand a row for the licensed statement it rests on. We haven’t matched Adalimumab 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 Adalimumab.

Everything else you take

See Every Supplement That Interacts With Adalimumab

This page covers Artemisia Herba-alba only. If you take other supplements — a multivitamin, a sleep aid, something for joints — the Adalimumab page lists 53 supplements it has a documented interaction with, worst first, each one explained.

The most serious there right now: Active Hexose Correlated Compound (ahcc) (moderate), Alfalfa (moderate), American Ginseng (moderate), Andrographis (moderate) and Ashwagandha (moderate).

By severity: 52 moderate · 1 minor.

From our pharmacist’s overview on the Adalimumab page

“Adalimumab (Humira) works by dialing down an overactive immune system, which is what makes this list so uniform: all 53 supplements on file are flagged for one reason, they may stimulate immunity and could, in theory, blunt the drug's effect. None of the interactions is rated major (52 are moderate, one minor), so for most people this…”

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How much people look this up

Where Artemisia Herba-alba and Adalimumab 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 Artemisia Herba-alba

Top half

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

29 days ago today

Medication Adalimumab

Top 25%

#616 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 Artemisia Herba-alba reference on this page ↓
Freshness: we automatically re-check this combination every week — this pair was last verified September 13, 2026. The Artemisia Herba-alba and Adalimumab records this page draws on were last updated July 11, 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 Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS.

Supplement

About Artemisia Herba-alba

What is Artemisia Herba-alba?

Diabetes and blood sugar
Digestive upset
Intestinal worms and parasites
Cough and respiratory complaints
Antimicrobial uses

Artemisia herba-alba is a desert shrub used in North African and Middle Eastern folk medicine, most often for digestion, diabetes, and parasites. Human evidence is very limited, and most findings come from lab or animal studies, so its benefits are unproven. Because it can affect blood sugar and contains potentially toxic compounds, talk with your pharmacist or doctor before using it.

Artemisia herba-alba · Asteraceae · Aerial parts (leaves and flowering tops); sometimes bark and roots; essential oil · Tea (infusion or decoction), dried herb, capsules, extracts, essential oil

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

Artemisia Herba-alba: dosing

There is no established or standardized dose for Artemisia herba-alba. Safe and effective amounts have not been determined in well-designed human studies.If you choose to use a product, follow the directions on the label and do not exceed them.

From our Artemisia Herba-alba monograph — the full record covers uses, side effects and every documented interaction.

Read the full Artemisia Herba-alba monograph & all interactions

Medication

About Adalimumab Injection

What Is Adalimumab Injection Used For?

Brand name: Humira

Adalimumab injection treats a range of moderate-to-severe inflammatory conditions in adults and some children. These include rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, plaque psoriasis, hidradenitis suppurativa (a chronic skin condition), and non-infectious uveitis (inflammation inside the eye). It is also approved to treat polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis in patients as young as 2 years old, and Crohn's disease in children 6 years and older.

Yuflyma is additionally approved for non-infectious uveitis in pediatric patients 2 years and older, and for hidradenitis suppurativa in patients 12 years and older. Not every brand or formulation is approved for every condition listed — your prescriber will match the right product to your specific diagnosis.

See full Adalimumab Injection drug information

Keep checking

Other Drugs & Artemisia Herba-alba

Browse every other medication we’ve checked against Artemisia Herba-alba — 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 Artemisia Herba-alba page.

No interaction 2,743 drugs checked — show the list

We also checked Artemisia Herba-alba 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 Artemisia Herba-alba list.

See the full Artemisia Herba-alba interactions page

See every supplement checked against Adalimumab, ranked by severity

Evidence & sources

Artemisia Herba-alba References

The 5 references that drive our Artemisia Herba-alba 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.

Marrif HI, Ali BH, Hassan KM. Some pharmacological studies on Artemisia herba-alba (Asso.) in rabbits and mice. J Ethnopharmacol 1995;49:51-5. PubMed
al-Shamaony L, al-Khazraji SM, Twaij HA. Hypoglycaemic effect of Artemisia herba alba. II. Effect of a valuable extract on some blood parameters in diabetic animals. J Ethnopharmacol 1994;43:167-71. PubMed
al-Khazraji SM, al-Shamaony LA, Twaij HA. Hypoglycaemic effect of Artemisia herba alba. I. Effect of different parts and influence of the solvent on hypoglycaemic activity. J Ethnopharmacol 1993;40:163-6. PubMed
Twaij HA, Al-Badr AA. Hypoglycemic activity of Artemisia herba alba. J Ethnopharmacol 1988;24:123-6. PubMed
Aloui S, Skhiri H, Ltaief A, Elmay M. An exceptional case of acute renal failure: is there a renal toxicity of Artemisia herba-alba? Renal Failure 2010;32(8):1009-11.

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 Artemisia Herba-alba and Adalimumab Together: Common Questions

Is it safe to take Artemisia Herba-alba with Adalimumab?

We do not list a known interaction between Artemisia Herba-alba and Adalimumab. 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 Artemisia Herba-alba and Adalimumab combination checked?

Interactions in our licensed database are recorded against drug classes. Adalimumab is filed under 1 classification, and Artemisia Herba-alba has documented interactions with 1 drug class — none of Adalimumab'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 Artemisia Herba-alba interact with any other medications?

Yes. Artemisia Herba-alba has 86 documented drug interactions in our database — Adalimumab 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 Adalimumab interact with any supplements?

Yes. Adalimumab has documented interactions with 53 supplements in our database — Artemisia Herba-alba is not one of them. The Adalimumab 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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