Drug & supplement interaction

Clown's Mustard Plant + Palifermin

Palifermin brand name: Kepivance.

No Known Interaction
Medically reviewed by · Updated July 2026 · Pair last verified Sep 27, 2026
The bottom line No known interaction

We found no known interaction between Clown's Mustard Plant and Palifermin 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

Clown's Mustard Plant and Palifermin

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 Palifermin and Clown's Mustard Plant 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.

Worth understanding: our licensed dataset holds no drug-interaction record for Clown's Mustard Plant at all — not against Palifermin, and not against any other medication we track. This verdict therefore rests on the absence of any recorded data, not on research that looked at this combination and found nothing. We cannot rule an interaction out.

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.

Clown's Mustard Plant safety at a glance

Clown's Mustard Pl... overall Use caution Generally well tolerated as part of standardized combination products, but stand-alone safety data are limited.
Pregnancy Avoid Not enough safety information; it is best to avoid during pregnancy.
Breastfeeding Avoid Not enough safety information; avoid while breastfeeding.

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

Still wondering about combining Palifermin and Clown's Mustard Plant? Ask Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS directly ›
What to actually watch for

No Interaction Found — But Data Suggests Clown's Mustard Plant and Palifermin 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.

  • A skin rash reported in 10.1% of FDA reports for Palifermin Additional detail

    Clown's Mustard Plant

    “Orally, clown's mustard plant can cause nausea and diarrhea in some patients. Some patients might be hypersensitive to clown's mustard plant. There is one case of a facial rash following oral use.”

    Clown's Mustard Plant · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in diarrhea.

    1 source cited
    1. 7051. Steimer P. Iberogast therapy in gastroenterology. Der Krankenhaus Arzt 1983;56:1005-8.

    Palifermin

    Listed in the ADVERSE REACTIONS section of the FDA label for Palifermin, and in voluntary FDA adverse-event reports. Read the label on DailyMed ›

Reported for Clown's Mustard Plant but not commonly for Palifermin: diarrhea and nausea.

Effects for Palifermin come from the ADVERSE REACTIONS section of its FDA label; effects for Clown's Mustard Plant come from the Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, quoted above. Where a percentage is shown, it is the share of 388 voluntary FDA FAERS reports for Palifermin that mention that effect — a reporting proportion, not an incidence rate and not evidence the drug caused it. Wording is matched across sources by our own clinical vocabulary, so treat this as a prompt to pay attention, not a diagnosis.

Everything else you take

See Every Supplement That Interacts With Palifermin

This page covers Clown's Mustard Plant only. If you take other supplements — a multivitamin, a sleep aid, something for joints — the Palifermin page lists 17 supplements it has a documented interaction with, worst first, each one explained.

The most serious there right now: Activated Charcoal (major), Coffee Charcoal (moderate), European Mandrake (moderate), Glucomannan (moderate) and Guar Gum (moderate).

By severity: 1 major · 7 moderate · 9 minor.

From our pharmacist’s overview on the Palifermin page

“Palifermin (Kepivance) is given by IV to prevent the severe mouth sores that intensive chemotherapy can cause, most often in patients heading into a stem cell transplant, and I read its interaction list with genuine caution because of how fragile those patients already are. All 17 supplements on file act on absorption through the gut,…”

Reviewed by 2 · Jul 18, 2026

Open the Palifermin interaction page

One more smart check

Taking Clown's Mustard Plant as Part of a Dietary Supplement Product? Check It for Interactions

We hold 3 real supplement products containing Clown's Mustard Plant, each one broken down to its full ingredient list — and combination products often carry several ingredients besides Clown's Mustard Plant. Even though Clown's Mustard Plant itself has no known interaction with Palifermin, another ingredient on your label might. Find your product and we’ll check every ingredient on its label:

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Where Clown's Mustard Plant and Palifermin 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 Clown's Mustard Plant
Steady interest

#1,437 of 1,452 supplements looked up here in the last 7 days

29 days ago today
Medication Palifermin
Top half

#870 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 Clown's Mustard Plant reference on this page ↓
  • Freshness: we automatically re-check this combination every week — this pair was last verified September 27, 2026. The Clown's Mustard Plant and Palifermin 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 Clown's Mustard Plant

What is Clown's Mustard Plant?

  • Indigestion (dyspepsia)
  • Bloating and stomach fullness
  • Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptoms
  • Heartburn and stomach discomfort
  • Gas and cramping

Clown's Mustard Plant (Iberis amara) is a small flowering herb best known as one ingredient in a popular European multi-herb digestive formula used for indigestion and IBS. Most of the supportive evidence comes from studies of that combination product, not the herb by itself, so it is hard to know how well Clown's Mustard alone works. If you want to try it, talk with your pharmacist or doctor first, especially if you are pregnant, breastfeeding, or have ongoing stomach problems.

Iberis amara · Brassicaceae · Whole flowering plant (often used fresh or dried), including seeds · Liquid herbal extract (a key ingredient in multi-herb combination products), tincture

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

Clown's Mustard Plant: dosing

There is no well-established stand-alone dose for Clown's Mustard Plant. In practice, it is almost always taken as part of a standardized liquid combination product, where the dose is set by the manufacturer.If you use a product containing this herb, follow the directions on the label and do not exceed the recommended amount.

From our Clown's Mustard Plant monograph — the full record covers uses, side effects and every documented interaction.

Read the full Clown's Mustard Plant monograph & all interactions
Medication

About Palifermin

What Is Palifermin Used For?

Brand name: Kepivance

Kepivance (palifermin) is used to decrease how often and how long severe oral mucositis — painful sores in the mouth and throat — occurs in patients with hematologic malignancies (blood cancers such as lymphoma, leukemia, or multiple myeloma) who are receiving high-dose, cell-damaging (myelotoxic) therapy before an autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant (a transplant using the patient's own stem cells).

Kepivance is specifically indicated when the preparative chemotherapy or radiation regimen is expected to cause severe mucositis in most patients. It is not recommended for use with a high-dose melphalan conditioning regimen, and it was not found to be effective in the setting of allogeneic stem cell transplant (using a donor's cells). Its safety and effectiveness have not been established for patients with non-blood cancers (non-hematologic malignancies).

Most-Reported Side Effects for Palifermin

From FAERS, the FDA’s public side-effect reporting system (388 reports, all brands). Reports are voluntary and are not proof the drug caused the effect.

Mucosal inflammation 56 reports
Febrile neutropenia 39 reports
Rash 39 reports
Stomatitis 34 reports
Erythema 28 reports
See full Palifermin drug information
Keep checking

Other Drugs & Clown's Mustard Plant

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

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

Showing the 60 most looked-up of 2,829 medications checked with no known interaction — see the full Clown's Mustard Plant list.

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Evidence & sources

Clown's Mustard Plant References

The 4 references that drive our Clown's Mustard Plant 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. Holtmann G, Madisch A, Juergen H, et al. A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial on the effects of an herbal preparation in patients with functional dyspepsia [Abstract]. Ann Mtg Digestive Disease Week 1999 May.
  2. Steimer P. Iberogast therapy in gastroenterology. Der Krankenhaus Arzt 1983;56:1005-8.
  3. Madisch A, Holtmann G, Mayr G, et al. Treatment of functional dyspepsia with a herbal preparation. A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial. Digestion 2004;69:45-52. PubMed
  4. Melzer J, Rosch W, Reichling J, et al. Meta-analysis: phytotherapy of functional dyspepsia with the herbal drug preparation STW 5 (Iberogast). Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2004;20:1279-87. 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 Clown's Mustard Plant and Palifermin Together: Common Questions

Is it safe to take Clown's Mustard Plant with Palifermin?
We do not list a known interaction between Clown's Mustard Plant and Palifermin. 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 Clown's Mustard Plant and Palifermin 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.
Does Palifermin interact with any supplements?
Yes. Palifermin has documented interactions with 17 supplements in our database — Clown's Mustard Plant is not one of them. The Palifermin interaction page linked on this page lists every one, ranked by severity.

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