Drug & supplement interaction

Bear's Garlic + Iodinated Benzoic Acid Derivatives

Iodinated Benzoic Acid Derivatives brand name: Iodinated Benzoic Acid.

No Known Interaction

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

The bottom line No known interaction

We found no known interaction between Bear's Garlic and Iodinated Benzoic Acid Derivatives 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 Iodinated Benzoic Acid Derivatives

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 Iodinated Benzoic Acid Derivatives 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 Iodinated Benzoic Acid Derivatives and Bear's Garlic? Ask Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS directly ›

How we checked

Why No Interaction Is Listed for Iodinated Benzoic Acid Derivatives

Interactions in our licensed database are recorded against drug classes, not just single drug names. Iodinated Benzoic Acid Derivatives is filed under 2 classifications — seizure threshold lowering drugs, oral drugs. Bear's Garlic has documented interactions with 1 drug class — the most serious being anticoagulant/antiplatelet drugs (moderate) — and none of Iodinated Benzoic Acid Derivatives’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 — Iodinated Benzoic Acid Derivatives 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. Iodinated Benzoic Acid Derivatives)

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See Every Supplement That Interacts With Iodinated Benzoic Acid Derivatives

This page covers Bear's Garlic only. If you take other supplements — a multivitamin, a sleep aid, something for joints — the Iodinated Benzoic Acid Derivatives page lists 23 supplements it has a documented interaction with, worst first, each one explained.

The most serious there right now: Activated Charcoal (major), Biofeedback (moderate), Coffee Charcoal (moderate), Dendrobium (moderate) and European Mandrake (moderate).

By severity: 1 major · 13 moderate · 9 minor.

From our pharmacist’s overview on the Iodinated Benzoic Acid Derivatives page

“Iodinated benzoic acid derivatives are contrast agents used to make certain X-ray studies readable, and I read their supplement list as one that calls for real care. Activated charcoal is the entry to understand first, the single major-rated interaction of the 23 on file, because charcoal binds drugs in the gut and can cut the body's e…”

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How much people look this up

Where Bear's Garlic and Iodinated Benzoic Acid Derivatives 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

#1,008 of 1,452 supplements looked up here in the last 7 days

29 days ago today

Medication Iodinated Benzoic Acid Derivatives

Steady interest

#1,460 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 13, 2026. The Bear's Garlic and Iodinated Benzoic Acid Derivatives 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

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 Iodinated Benzoic Acid Derivatives, 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 Iodinated Benzoic Acid Derivatives Together: Common Questions

Is it safe to take Bear's Garlic with Iodinated Benzoic Acid Derivatives?

We do not list a known interaction between Bear's Garlic and Iodinated Benzoic Acid Derivatives. 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 Iodinated Benzoic Acid Derivatives combination checked?

Interactions in our licensed database are recorded against drug classes. Iodinated Benzoic Acid Derivatives is filed under 2 classifications, and Bear's Garlic has documented interactions with 1 drug class — none of Iodinated Benzoic Acid Derivatives'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 — Iodinated Benzoic Acid Derivatives 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 Iodinated Benzoic Acid Derivatives interact with any supplements?

Yes. Iodinated Benzoic Acid Derivatives has documented interactions with 23 supplements in our database — Bear's Garlic is not one of them. The Iodinated Benzoic Acid Derivatives interaction page linked on this page lists every one, ranked by severity.

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