Drug & supplement interaction

Bay Leaf + Reslizumab

Reslizumab brand name: Cinqair.

No Known Interaction
The bottom line No known interaction

We found no known interaction between Bay Leaf and Reslizumab 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. Additionally, although there is no interaction, the two are separately associated with some of the same side effects, which would make a new symptom harder to attribute to one or the other.

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Interaction report

Bay Leaf and Reslizumab

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 Reslizumab and Bay Leaf 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.

Bay Leaf safety at a glance

Bay Leaf overall Use caution Safe as a food seasoning, but concentrated supplements and essential oil are less studied.
Pregnancy Use caution Food amounts are likely fine, but avoid medicinal or large amounts due to limited safety data.
Breastfeeding Use caution Food amounts are likely fine, but avoid medicinal doses because safety is not well studied.

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

Still wondering about combining Reslizumab and Bay Leaf? Ask Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS directly ›
Keep it in perspective

Bay Leaf Does Interact With Other Medications

Bay Leaf has 335 moderate known drug interactions in our database — Reslizumab isn’t one of them. If you take anything else, check it against the full list below.

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What to actually watch for

No Interaction Found — But Data Suggests Bay Leaf and Reslizumab May Share a Side Effect

This is not an interaction. Neither one changes how your body handles the other, and nothing here says they react together. What our sources do show is that each has separately been linked to the effects below — so taking both can make those effects more likely to turn up, and harder to pin on one or the other if they do. One of them is worth acting on rather than waiting out — marked below.

  • Wheezing Worth acting on Additional detail

    Bay Leaf

    “Inhalation of bay leaf may cause occupational asthma, as confirmed by several challenges.”

    Bay Leaf · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in asthma.

    1 source cited
    1. 783. Cartier LC, Lehrer A, Malo JL. Occupational asthma caused by aromatic herbs. Allergy 1996;51:647-9. DOI

    Reslizumab

    Listed in the ADVERSE REACTIONS section of the FDA label for Reslizumab. Read the label on DailyMed ›

Reported for Bay Leaf but not commonly for Reslizumab: an allergic reaction and a skin rash.

Effects for Reslizumab come from the ADVERSE REACTIONS section of its FDA label; effects for Bay Leaf come from the Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, quoted above. Wording is matched across sources by our own clinical vocabulary, so treat this as a prompt to pay attention, not a diagnosis.

Overlapping uses

What Reslizumab Is Prescribed For, and What Bay Leaf Has Been Studied For

These two come up together because they touch the same health topic — not because they do the same job. Reslizumab is a prescription medicine with approved uses on its FDA label. Bay Leaf is a supplement: what follows is what researchers have looked at it for, and how strong that evidence is.

Reslizumab is prescribed for: Cinqair (reslizumab) injection is indicated for adults 18 years and older with severe asthma that is driven by high eosinophil levels (a type of white blood cell involved in allergic inflammation). It is used as an add-on treatment, meaning it works alongside other asthma medicines the patient is already taking. Cinqair is not meant to treat sudden asthma attacks or to relieve symptoms in the moment. It is also not approved for other conditions caused by high eosinophil levels, and it is not approved for anyone under 18.

Bay Leaf has been studied for:

  • Asthma studied, not established Bay Leaf has been studied for this. Natural Medicines rates the evidence: Insufficient Reliable Evidence To Rate Read what the research shows

    Bay Leaf for asthma

    Although there has been interest in using oral bay leaf for asthma, there is insufficient reliable information about the clinical effects of bay leaf for this purpose.

Effectiveness ratings and the research summaries above are the verbatim record from the Natural Medicines database, which grades evidence from “Effective” down to “Insufficient Reliable Evidence To Rate”. A rating below the top of that scale means researchers have looked at it — not that it works, and never that it can stand in for a prescribed medicine. Do not stop or replace Reslizumab on your own; if you are taking Bay Leaf for the same health topic, tell your prescriber, especially if the medicine is being adjusted to a target.

How much people look this up

Where Bay Leaf and Reslizumab 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 Bay Leaf
Top 25%

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

29 days ago today
Medication Reslizumab
Top half

#1,400 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 Bay Leaf reference on this page ↓
  • Freshness: we automatically re-check this combination every week — this pair was last verified September 13, 2026. The Bay Leaf and Reslizumab 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 Bay Leaf

What is Bay Leaf?

Bay Leaf
  • Cooking and flavoring
  • Digestive upset
  • Blood sugar support
  • Colds and congestion
  • Joint and muscle discomfort

Bay leaf is a common culinary herb that is safe in the small amounts used in cooking. Some people take it for digestion, blood sugar, or colds, but strong human evidence for these uses is lacking. Talk to your pharmacist or doctor before using concentrated supplements or essential oils.

Laurus nobilis · Lauraceae · Leaves and essential oil · Whole or ground dried leaves, tea, capsules, extracts, essential oil

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

Bay Leaf: dosing

There is no standardized or proven medicinal dose for bay leaf. In cooking, one or two whole leaves are typically added during simmering and then removed before serving.For teas, extracts, and capsules, follow the directions on the product label, since strength varies widely between products.

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

Read the full Bay Leaf monograph & all interactions
Medication

About Reslizumab Injection

What Is Reslizumab Injection Used For?

Brand name: Cinqair

Cinqair (reslizumab) injection is indicated for adults 18 years and older with severe asthma that is driven by high eosinophil levels (a type of white blood cell involved in allergic inflammation). It is used as an add-on treatment, meaning it works alongside other asthma medicines the patient is already taking.

Cinqair is not meant to treat sudden asthma attacks or to relieve symptoms in the moment. It is also not approved for other conditions caused by high eosinophil levels, and it is not approved for anyone under 18.

See full Reslizumab Injection drug information
Keep checking

Other Drugs & Bay Leaf

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

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335Moderate
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2,494No known interaction
Moderate

335 interactions

Showing 60 of 335 moderate interactions — see all 335 on the Bay Leaf page.

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Evidence & sources

Bay Leaf References

The 7 references that drive our Bay Leaf 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. Leung AY, Foster S. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. 2nd ed. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1996.
  2. Cartier LC, Lehrer A, Malo JL. Occupational asthma caused by aromatic herbs. Allergy 1996;51:647-9. DOI
  3. Adisen E, Onder M. Allergic contact dermatitis from Laurus nobilis oil induced by massage. Contact Dermatitis 2007;56:360-1.
  4. Ozden, M. G., Oztas, P., Oztas, M. O., and Onder, M. Allergic contact dermatitis from Laurus nobilis (laurel) oil. Contact Dermatitis 2001;45(3):178. PubMed
  5. Khan, A., Zaman, G., and Anderson, R. A. Bay leaves improve glucose and lipid profile of people with type 2 diabetes. J Clin Biochem.Nutr. 2009;44(1):52-56. PubMed
  6. Cheminat, A., Stampf, J. L., and Benezra, C. Allergic contact dermatitis to laurel (Laurus nobilis L.): isolation and identification of haptens. Arch Dermatol Res 1984;276(3):178-181. PubMed
  7. Vassileva S, Darlenski R. Bay leaf phytodermatitis. Contact Dermatitis. 2020 Nov 15. 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 Bay Leaf and Reslizumab Together: Common Questions

Is it safe to take Bay Leaf with Reslizumab?
We do not list a known interaction between Bay Leaf and Reslizumab. 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.
Do Bay Leaf and Reslizumab have any of the same side effects?
Yes — our sources link each of them separately to one of the same effects. That is not an interaction: neither changes how your body handles the other. It does mean that if one of those effects turns up, it can be harder to tell which one is behind it. They are listed on this page with the source behind each.
Are Bay Leaf and Reslizumab used for the same thing?
They overlap in purpose, which usually means the real question is whether you need both rather than whether they are safe together. This page lists the shared uses and how strong the evidence is for Bay Leaf in each. That is a conversation for your prescriber, especially if Reslizumab is being adjusted to a target.
Does Bay Leaf interact with any other medications?
Yes. Bay Leaf has 335 documented drug interactions in our database — Reslizumab is simply not one of them. If you take anything else, it is worth checking each one; they are all listed on this page.

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