Drug & supplement interaction

Coconut Water + Entrectinib

Entrectinib brand name: Rozlytrek.

No Known Interaction
Medically reviewed by · Updated July 2026 · Pair last verified Sep 20, 2026
The bottom line No known interaction

We found no known interaction between Coconut Water and Entrectinib 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

Coconut Water and Entrectinib

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 Entrectinib and Coconut Water 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.

Coconut Water safety at a glance

Coconut Water overall Generally safe Generally safe as a beverage for most healthy adults in normal amounts.
Pregnancy Use caution Likely fine as a food/drink in moderation, but discuss regular use with your provider.
Breastfeeding Use caution Likely fine as a drink in moderation; limited formal safety data exists.

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

Still wondering about combining Entrectinib and Coconut Water? Ask Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS directly ›
How we checked

Why No Interaction Is Listed for Entrectinib

Interactions in our licensed database are recorded against drug classes, not just single drug names. Entrectinib is filed under 4 classifications — including qt interval-prolonging drugs, hepatotoxic drugs, cytochrome p450 3a4 (cyp3a4) substrates. Coconut Water has documented interactions with 3 drug classes — the most serious being antihypertensive drugs (moderate), quinolone antibiotics (moderate) and antidiabetes drugs (minor) — and none of Entrectinib’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

Coconut Water Does Interact With Other Medications

Coconut Water has 193 moderate, 86 minor known drug interactions in our database — Entrectinib isn’t one of them. If you take anything else, check it against the full list below.

Moderate 193 Minor 86 No known interaction 2,551 (incl. Entrectinib)
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What to actually watch for

No Interaction Found — But Data Suggests Coconut Water and Entrectinib May Share Several of the Same Side Effects

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.

  • Confusion Worth acting on Additional detail

    Coconut Water

    “In one case report, a 69-year-old male died within approximately 30 hours of consuming a small amount of coconut water that was found to contain 3-nitropropionic acid due to spoilage with Arthrinium saccharicola. About 3 hours after consumption, the patient developed sweating, nausea, and vomiting, and was in a state of reduced consciousness when presenting to the hospital about 1.5 hours later.”

    Coconut Water · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in nausea and vomiting.

    1 source cited
    1. 107670. Birkelund T, Johansen RF, Illum DG, et al. Fatal 3-nitropropionic acid poisoning after consuming coconut water. Emerg Infect Dis 2021;27(1):278-280. PubMed

    Entrectinib

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

  • Vomiting / Nausea Additional detail

    Coconut Water

    Recorded for Coconut Water in the same Natural Medicines adverse-effect record shown under Confusion above.

    Entrectinib

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

Reported for Coconut Water but not commonly for Entrectinib: low sodium, seizures and sweating.

Effects for Entrectinib come from the ADVERSE REACTIONS section of its FDA label; effects for Coconut Water come from the Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, quoted above. Where a percentage is shown, it is the share of 1,653 voluntary FDA FAERS reports for Entrectinib 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.

From our Q&A

Questions About Coconut Water or Entrectinib

These are real questions from readers, answered by the pharmacists at HelloPharmacist — written by a person, not generated from a database. Each one covers Coconut Water or Entrectinib, 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 Entrectinib

This page covers Coconut Water only. If you take other supplements — a multivitamin, a sleep aid, something for joints — the Entrectinib page lists 175 supplements it has a documented interaction with, worst first, each one explained.

The most serious there right now: Activated Charcoal (major), American Hellebore (major), Arsenic (major), Beer (major) and Cesium (major).

By severity: 11 major · 127 moderate · 37 minor.

From our pharmacist’s overview on the Entrectinib page

“Grapefruit tops my worry list for anyone taking entrectinib (Rozlytrek), a targeted cancer therapy cleared by the liver enzyme CYP3A4. 121 of the 175 supplement ingredients on this page can shift how that enzyme handles the drug.”

Reviewed by 2 · Jul 18, 2026

Open the Entrectinib interaction page

One more smart check

Taking Coconut Water as Part of a Dietary Supplement Product? Check It for Interactions

We hold 67 real supplement products containing Coconut Water, each one broken down to its full ingredient list — and combination products often carry several ingredients besides Coconut Water. Even though Coconut Water itself has no known interaction with Entrectinib, another ingredient on your label might. Find your product and we’ll check every ingredient on its label:

How much people look this up

Where Coconut Water and Entrectinib 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 Coconut Water
Top half

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

29 days ago today
Medication Entrectinib
Top 25%

#635 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 Coconut Water reference on this page ↓
  • Freshness: we automatically re-check this combination every week — this pair was last verified September 20, 2026. The Coconut Water and Entrectinib records this page draws on were last updated July 11, 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 Coconut Water

What is Coconut Water?

Coconut Water
  • Hydration
  • Rehydration after exercise
  • Electrolyte replacement
  • General wellness drink
  • Blood pressure support

Coconut water is a natural drink rich in potassium and other electrolytes that many people use for hydration, especially around exercise. For most healthy people it is a safe, tasty beverage, but it is not a proven medicine and should not replace medical electrolyte solutions for serious dehydration. People with kidney disease or those on potassium-affecting medicines should check with their pharmacist or doctor first.

Cocos nucifera · Arecaceae · Liquid (water) from young green coconuts · Fresh from young coconuts, bottled or canned drinks, powders

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

Coconut Water: dosing

There is no official or standardized medical dose for coconut water—it is a food and beverage, not a regulated medicine. Most people simply drink one serving (about 8 to 12 ounces) as they would any other drink.If you are using a packaged product, follow the serving size on the label and check the sodium, sugar, and potassium content.

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

Read the full Coconut Water monograph & all interactions
Medication

About Entrectinib

What Is Entrectinib Used For?

Brand name: Rozlytrek

Rozlytrek (entrectinib) is used to treat adult patients with ROS1-positive metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), as confirmed by an FDA-approved test. It is also approved for adult and pediatric patients older than 1 month of age who have solid tumors — any cancer type — that carry an NTRK gene fusion detected by an FDA-approved test, provided the tumor has no known acquired resistance mutation, is metastatic or cannot be surgically removed without severe harm, and has progressed after prior treatment or has no satisfactory alternative therapy.

The NTRK gene fusion approval in solid tumors was granted under accelerated approval, meaning it is based on tumor response rates. Continued approval may depend on results from confirmatory clinical trials.

Most-Reported Side Effects for Entrectinib

From FAERS, the FDA’s public side-effect reporting system (1,653 reports, all brands). Reports are voluntary and are not proof the drug caused the effect.

Dizziness 150 reports
Disease progression 117 reports
Taste disorder 71 reports
Constipation 66 reports
Blood creatinine increased 62 reports
See full Entrectinib drug information
Keep checking

Other Drugs & Coconut Water

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

0Major
193Moderate
86Minor
2,550No known interaction
193 Moderate 86 Minor 2,550 No interaction
Moderate

193 interactions

Showing 60 of 193 moderate interactions — see all 193 on the Coconut Water page.

Minor

86 interactions

Showing 60 of 86 minor interactions — see all 86 on the Coconut Water page.

No interaction 2,550 drugs checked — show the list

We also checked Coconut Water against these medications and found no known interaction in our sources. Open any page to confirm.

Showing the 60 most looked-up of 2,550 medications checked with no known interaction — see the full Coconut Water list.

See the full Coconut Water interactions page
See every supplement checked against Entrectinib, ranked by severity
Evidence & sources

Coconut Water References

The 5 references that drive our Coconut Water 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. Alleyne T, Roache S, Thomas C, Shirley A. The control of hypertension by use of coconut water and mauby: two tropical food drinks. West Indian Med J 2005;54:3-8. PubMed
  2. Birkelund T, Johansen RF, Illum DG, et al. Fatal 3-nitropropionic acid poisoning after consuming coconut water. Emerg Infect Dis 2021;27(1):278-280. PubMed
  3. Alatawi KA, Alshubaily FA. Coconut products alleviate hyperglycaemic, hyperlipidimic and nephropathy indices in streptozotocin-induced diabetic wistar rats. Saudi J Biol Sci. 2021;28(8):4224-4231. PubMed
  4. Dai Y, Peng L, Zhang X, et al. Effects of coconut water on blood sugar and retina of rats with diabetes. PeerJ. 2021;9:e10667. PubMed
  5. Soriano LP, Rollins MD, Barreto Chang OL. Case Report of Hyponatremic Seizures in a Term Neonate Attributed to Excessive Maternal Coconut Water Ingestion During Labor. A A Pract 2024;18(7):e01815. 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 Coconut Water and Entrectinib Together: Common Questions

Is it safe to take Coconut Water with Entrectinib?
We do not list a known interaction between Coconut Water and Entrectinib. 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 Coconut Water and Entrectinib have any of the same side effects?
Yes — our sources link each of them separately to 3 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.
How was the Coconut Water and Entrectinib combination checked?
Interactions in our licensed database are recorded against drug classes. Entrectinib is filed under 4 classifications, and Coconut Water has documented interactions with 3 drug classes — none of Entrectinib'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 Coconut Water interact with any other medications?
Yes. Coconut Water has 279 documented drug interactions in our database — Entrectinib 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 Entrectinib interact with any supplements?
Yes. Entrectinib has documented interactions with 175 supplements in our database — Coconut Water is not one of them. The Entrectinib 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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