Drug & supplement interaction

Bear's Garlic + Dexlansoprazole

Dexlansoprazole brand name: Dexilant Solutab.

No Known Interaction
The bottom line No known interaction

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

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 Dexlansoprazole 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 Dexlansoprazole and Bear's Garlic? Ask Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS directly ›
How we checked

Why No Interaction Is Listed for Dexlansoprazole

Interactions in our licensed database are recorded against drug classes, not just single drug names. Dexlansoprazole is filed under 5 classifications — including proton pump inhibitors (ppis), cytochrome p450 1a2 (cyp1a2) inducers, cytochrome p450 2c19 (cyp2c19) substrates. Bear's Garlic has documented interactions with 1 drug class — the most serious being anticoagulant/antiplatelet drugs (moderate) — and none of Dexlansoprazole’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

Bear's Garlic Does Interact With Other Medications

Bear's Garlic has 122 moderate known drug interactions in our database — Dexlansoprazole 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

What Dexlansoprazole’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 Dexlansoprazole’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. 10 of them are worth acting on rather than waiting out — marked below.

  • Low magnesium Worth acting on
  • A change in thyroid levels Worth acting on
  • Hearing loss Worth acting on
  • A stroke or mini-stroke Worth acting on
  • Bone thinning Worth acting on
  • Pain or burning when passing urine Worth acting on
  • Memory problems Worth acting on
  • Dehydration Worth acting on
  • Trouble swallowing Worth acting on
  • High potassium Worth acting on

Showing the 10 most notable of 77 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 Dexlansoprazole. Read the label on DailyMed › 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.

From our Q&A

Questions About Bear's Garlic or Dexlansoprazole

These are real questions from readers, answered by the pharmacists at HelloPharmacist — written by a person, not generated from a database. Each one covers Bear's Garlic or Dexlansoprazole, not necessarily both, but if one is close to what you were about to ask it will usually go further than a database entry can:

Not quite your question? Ask our pharmacists directly — it is free, there is no account required, and answers usually come back within 24 hours.

Everything else you take

See Every Supplement That Interacts With Dexlansoprazole

This page covers Bear's Garlic only. If you take other supplements — a multivitamin, a sleep aid, something for joints — the Dexlansoprazole page lists 153 supplements it has a documented interaction with, worst first, each one explained.

The most serious there right now: Activated Charcoal (major), Grapefruit (major), St. John's Wort (major), Acacia Rigidula (moderate) and Adrafinil (moderate).

By severity: 3 major · 101 moderate · 49 minor.

From our pharmacist’s overview on the Dexlansoprazole page

“Heartburn feels ordinary, so people taking dexlansoprazole (Dexilant) for reflux often add supplements without a second thought. I would slow down here.”

Reviewed by 2 · Jul 18, 2026

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How much people look this up

Where Bear's Garlic and Dexlansoprazole 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

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

29 days ago today
Medication Dexlansoprazole
Steady interest

#1,888 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 Dexlansoprazole 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 .
Supplement

About Bear's Garlic

What is Bear's Garlic?

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 Dexlansoprazole

What Is Dexlansoprazole Used For?

Brand name: Dexilant Solutab

Dexlansoprazole delayed-release capsules — sold as Dexilant and available as a generic — are used in patients 12 years of age and older to heal erosive esophagitis (EE), which is damage to the esophagus caused by stomach acid. They are also used to keep that damage healed and relieve heartburn over time.

In addition, dexlansoprazole treats heartburn from non-erosive gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) — that is, acid reflux that causes symptoms without visible damage to the esophagus. Both Dexilant and generic dexlansoprazole delayed-release capsules share these same approved uses.

See full Dexlansoprazole 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
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
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.

  1. Carotenuto A, De Feo V, Fattorusso E, et al. The flavonoids of Allium ursinum. Phytochem 1996;41:531-6. PubMed
  2. Bobak M, Skodova Z, Marmot M. Beer and obesity: a cross-sectional study. Eur J Clin Nutr 2003;57:1250-53. PubMed
  3. 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 Dexlansoprazole Together: Common Questions

Is it safe to take Bear's Garlic with Dexlansoprazole?
We do not list a known interaction between Bear's Garlic and Dexlansoprazole. 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 Bear's Garlic and Dexlansoprazole combination checked?
Interactions in our licensed database are recorded against drug classes. Dexlansoprazole is filed under 5 classifications, and Bear's Garlic has documented interactions with 1 drug class — none of Dexlansoprazole'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 Bear's Garlic interact with any other medications?
Yes. Bear's Garlic has 122 documented drug interactions in our database — Dexlansoprazole 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 Dexlansoprazole interact with any supplements?
Yes. Dexlansoprazole has documented interactions with 153 supplements in our database — Bear's Garlic is not one of them. The Dexlansoprazole 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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