Drug & supplement interaction

Bear's Garlic + Daratumumab

Daratumumab brand name: Darzalex.

No Known Interaction

Medically reviewed by Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS · Updated June 2026 · Pair last verified Sep 20, 2026

The bottom line No known interaction

We found no known interaction between Bear's Garlic and Daratumumab 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

Bear's Garlic and Daratumumab

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 Daratumumab and Bear's Garlic 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.

Bear's Garlic safety at a glance

Bear's Garlic overall Use caution Generally safe as a food, but supplement-level safety is not well studied.

Pregnancy Use caution Food amounts are likely fine, but avoid concentrated supplements due to lack of safety data.

Breastfeeding Use caution Food amounts are likely fine, but supplement safety is unknown, so use caution.

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

Still wondering about combining Daratumumab and Bear's Garlic? Ask Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS directly ›

Keep it in perspective

Bear's Garlic Does Interact With Other Medications

Bear's Garlic has 122 moderate known drug interactions in our database — Daratumumab isn’t one of them. If you take anything else, check it against the full list below.

Moderate 122 No known interaction 2,708 (incl. Daratumumab)

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What to actually watch for

What Daratumumab’s Own FDA Label Lists

This is not an interaction — none of it involves Bear's Garlic. These are the most notable effects listed in the ADVERSE REACTIONS section of Daratumumab’s own FDA label, for the medication by itself. Knowing the drug’s own list makes it easier to work out the likely cause if something new turns up while you take both. 6 of them are worth acting on rather than waiting out — marked below.

Dehydration Worth acting on
A low white blood cell count Worth acting on mentioned in 4.9% of FDA reports for Daratumumab
A low platelet count Worth acting on
Anemia Worth acting on
Shortness of breath Worth acting on
A higher chance of infection Worth acting on mentioned in 5.0% of FDA reports for Daratumumab
Numbness or tingling mentioned in 3.7% of FDA reports for Daratumumab
Cough
Fever
Constipation

Showing the 10 most notable of 14 label-listed effects — ranked by how unusual each one is across medicines generally, with serious effects weighted up.

From the ADVERSE REACTIONS section of the FDA label for Daratumumab. Read the label on DailyMed › Where a percentage is shown, it is the share of 42,488 voluntary FDA FAERS reports for Daratumumab that mention that effect — a reporting proportion, not an incidence rate and not evidence the drug caused it. Bear's Garlic’s licensed record lists no adverse effects our clinical vocabulary could match, so there is no Bear's Garlic side to compare — that is a limit of the record, not a statement that Bear's Garlic has no side effects.

How much people look this up

Where Bear's Garlic and Daratumumab 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 Bear's Garlic

Steady interest

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

29 days ago today

Medication Daratumumab

Steady interest

#2,330 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 Bear's Garlic reference on this page ↓
Freshness: we automatically re-check this combination every week — this pair was last verified September 20, 2026. The Bear's Garlic and Daratumumab records this page draws on were last updated June 22, 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 Bear's Garlic

What is Bear's Garlic?

Seasoning and culinary flavoring
Heart and blood vessel health
Blood pressure support
Digestive complaints
General 'cleansing' or detox traditions

Bear's garlic is a wild relative of garlic enjoyed mainly as a mild-tasting food. Some early laboratory studies hint at heart and blood vessel benefits, but solid human evidence is lacking, so it should be viewed as a flavorful food rather than a proven remedy. As food it is generally well tolerated, but supplements or large amounts have not been well studied for safety.

Allium ursinum · Amaryllidaceae · Leaves and bulb · Fresh leaves, dried herb, tinctures, capsules, juice, teas, culinary pesto

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

Bear's Garlic: dosing

There is no established standardized dose for bear's garlic. As a food, people use the fresh leaves in cooking to taste during its spring season.For supplement forms such as capsules or tinctures, there is no proven medicinal dose.

From our Bear's Garlic monograph — the full record covers uses, side effects and every documented interaction.

Read the full Bear's Garlic monograph & all interactions

Medication

About Daratumumab Injection

What Is Daratumumab Injection Used For?

Brand name: Darzalex

Darzalex is used to treat adult patients with multiple myeloma (a cancer of plasma cells in the bone marrow). It is used in several different settings: for people newly diagnosed who cannot have a stem cell transplant, for those who are eligible for a stem cell transplant, and for those whose myeloma has come back or stopped responding to earlier treatments.

Darzalex can be used alone or in combination with other medicines such as lenalidomide, bortezomib, pomalidomide, carfilzomib, thalidomide, melphalan, prednisone, and/or dexamethasone. The specific combination depends on where a patient is in their treatment journey and which prior therapies they have received.

Most-Reported Side Effects for Daratumumab

From FAERS, the FDA’s public side-effect reporting system (42,488 reports, all brands). Reports are voluntary and are not proof the drug caused the effect.

Plasma cell myeloma 3,971 reports

Infusion related reaction 2,703 reports

Pneumonia 2,104 reports

Neutropenia 2,097 reports

Fatigue 1,962 reports

See full Daratumumab Injection drug information

Keep checking

Other Drugs & Bear's Garlic

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

0Major

122Moderate

0Minor

2,707No known interaction

122 Moderate 2,707 No interaction

Moderate

122 interactions

Showing 60 of 122 moderate interactions — see all 122 on the Bear's Garlic page.

No interaction 2,707 drugs checked — show the list

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

Showing the 60 most looked-up of 2,707 medications checked with no known interaction — see the full Bear's Garlic list.

See the full Bear's Garlic interactions page

See every supplement checked against Daratumumab, ranked by severity

Evidence & sources

Bear's Garlic References

The 3 references that drive our Bear's Garlic 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.

Carotenuto A, De Feo V, Fattorusso E, et al. The flavonoids of Allium ursinum. Phytochem 1996;41:531-6. PubMed
Bobak M, Skodova Z, Marmot M. Beer and obesity: a cross-sectional study. Eur J Clin Nutr 2003;57:1250-53. PubMed
Koh-Banerjee P, Chu N, Spiegelman D, et al. Prospective study of the association of changes in dietary intake, physicial activity, alcohol consumption, and smoking with 9-y gain in waist circumference among 16 587 US men. Am J Clin Nutr 2003;78:719-27..

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 Bear's Garlic and Daratumumab Together: Common Questions

Is it safe to take Bear's Garlic with Daratumumab?

We do not list a known interaction between Bear's Garlic and Daratumumab. 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 Bear's Garlic interact with any other medications?

Yes. Bear's Garlic has 122 documented drug interactions in our database — Daratumumab is simply not one of them. If you take anything else, it is worth checking each one; they are all listed on this page.

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

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