Drug & supplement interaction

Codonopsis + Diptheria, Tetanus, Acellular Pertussis Vaccine

Diptheria, Tetanus, Acellular Pertussis Vaccine brand name: Daptacel.

No Known Interaction
The bottom line No known interaction

We found no known interaction between Codonopsis and Diptheria, Tetanus, Acellular Pertussis Vaccine 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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Codonopsis and Diptheria, Tetanus, Acellular Pertussis Vaccine

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 Diptheria, Tetanus, Acellular Pertussis Vaccine and Codonopsis 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.

Codonopsis safety at a glance

Codonopsis overall Use caution Generally considered well tolerated in traditional food-like amounts, but high-quality safety data are limited.
Pregnancy Avoid Not enough reliable safety information, so it is best avoided during pregnancy.
Breastfeeding Avoid Safety while breastfeeding is unknown, so avoid it unless your doctor advises otherwise.

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

Still wondering about combining Diptheria, Tetanus, Acellular Pertussis Vaccine and Codonopsis? Ask Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS directly ›
How we checked

Why No Interaction Is Listed for Diptheria, Tetanus, Acellular Pertussis Vaccine

Interactions in our licensed database are recorded against drug classes, not just single drug names. Diptheria, Tetanus, Acellular Pertussis Vaccine is filed under a single classification — tuberculosis vaccine. Codonopsis has documented interactions with 3 drug classes — the most serious being abiraterone (zytiga) (moderate), anticoagulant/antiplatelet drugs (moderate) and antidiabetes drugs (moderate) — and none of Diptheria, Tetanus, Acellular Pertussis Vaccine’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

Codonopsis Does Interact With Other Medications

Codonopsis has 211 moderate known drug interactions in our database — Diptheria, Tetanus, Acellular Pertussis Vaccine 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 Codonopsis Itself Has Been Linked To

This is not an interaction — nothing below involves Diptheria, Tetanus, Acellular Pertussis Vaccine. It is the side-effect record for Codonopsis on its own, from the licensed Natural Medicines monograph. If something new turns up after you add Codonopsis, this list is the first place to look. 3 entries are worth acting on rather than waiting out — marked below.

  • Unsteadiness / Confusion Worth acting on Additional detail

    “Orally, very large doses of codonopsis (30-60 grams) may cause vision problems, dizziness, loss of balance, leg spasms, and confusion (12).”

    Codonopsis · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in vertigo.

    1 source cited
    1. 12. McGuffin M, Hobbs C, Upton R, Goldberg A, eds. American Herbal Products Association's Botanical Safety Handbook. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, LLC 1997.
  • An irregular heartbeat / Chest pain Worth acting on Additional detail

    “Orally, very large doses of codonopsis (30-60 grams) may cause chest pain or arrhythmia (12).”

    Codonopsis · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in arrhythmia.

    1 source cited
    1. 12. McGuffin M, Hobbs C, Upton R, Goldberg A, eds. American Herbal Products Association's Botanical Safety Handbook. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, LLC 1997.
  • A severe allergic reaction / Hives / An allergic reaction Worth acting on Additional detail

    “Orally, codonopsis can cause allergic reactions including anaphylaxis and urticaria. In one case report, an 18-year-old male developed anaphylaxis after ingesting codonopsis roots. In an oral re-challenge test, he developed anaphylaxis and urticaria again 30 minutes after consuming 20 grams of codonopsis root.”

    Codonopsis · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in urticaria.

    1 source cited
    1. 100060. Hur GY, Choi GS, Park HJ, Ye YM, Park HS. Anaphylactic shock induced by Codonopsis lanceolata, traditional Chinese medicine in a patient with allergic rhinitis. Allergy. 2008;63(10):1406-7.
  • Dizziness Additional detail

    Recorded for Codonopsis in the same Natural Medicines adverse-effect record shown under Unsteadiness / Confusion above.

Everything above comes from the Natural Medicines adverse-effect record for Codonopsis — expand a row for the licensed statement it rests on. We haven’t matched Diptheria, Tetanus, Acellular Pertussis Vaccine to its FDA label in our system yet, so we can’t compare its own side-effect list here — the leaflet that comes with your prescription is the authoritative list for Diptheria, Tetanus, Acellular Pertussis Vaccine.

Everything else you take

See Every Supplement That Interacts With Diptheria, Tetanus, Acellular Pertussis Vaccine

This page covers Codonopsis only. If you take other supplements — a multivitamin, a sleep aid, something for joints — the Diptheria, Tetanus, Acellular Pertussis Vaccine page lists 1 supplement it has a documented interaction with, worst first, each one explained.

The most serious there right now: Dhea (moderate).

By severity: 1 moderate.

Open the Diptheria, Tetanus, Acellular Pertussis Vaccine interaction page

One more smart check

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

We hold 493 real supplement products containing Codonopsis, each one broken down to its full ingredient list — and combination products often carry several ingredients besides Codonopsis. Even though Codonopsis itself has no known interaction with Diptheria, Tetanus, Acellular Pertussis Vaccine, 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 Codonopsis and Diptheria, Tetanus, Acellular Pertussis Vaccine 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 Codonopsis
Top half

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

29 days ago today
Medication Diptheria, Tetanus, Acellular Pertussis Vaccine
Top 5%

#139 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 Codonopsis reference on this page ↓
  • Freshness: we automatically re-check this combination every week — this pair was last verified September 13, 2026. The Codonopsis and Diptheria, Tetanus, Acellular Pertussis Vaccine 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.
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Supplement

About Codonopsis

What is Codonopsis?

  • Fatigue and low energy
  • Digestive support and poor appetite
  • Immune support
  • General tonic ('qi' tonic in Traditional Chinese Medicine)
  • Cough and weakness during recovery from illness

Codonopsis (often called 'dang shen') is a root long used in Traditional Chinese Medicine as a gentle energy and digestive tonic, frequently as a milder substitute for ginseng. Human research is very limited, so its benefits are not well proven. It appears reasonably well tolerated in food-like amounts, but you should talk with a pharmacist or doctor before using it, especially if you are pregnant, breastfeeding, or have a health condition.

Codonopsis pilosula · Campanulaceae · Dried root · Dried root, slices, decoctions (teas/soups), powders, capsules, tinctures, and herbal formulas

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

Codonopsis: dosing

There is no official, standardized dose of Codonopsis. Traditional preparations often use the dried root in soups or decoctions, while commercial products come as capsules, powders, and tinctures in widely varying strengths.Follow the directions on your specific product label, and do not assume more is better. A pharmacist or doctor can help you decide whether it is appropriate for you and what amount may be reasonable.

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

Read the full Codonopsis monograph & all interactions
Keep checking

Other Drugs & Codonopsis

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

0Major
211Moderate
0Minor
2,618No known interaction
Moderate

211 interactions

Showing 60 of 211 moderate interactions — see all 211 on the Codonopsis page.

No interaction 2,618 drugs checked — show the list
Evidence & sources

Codonopsis References

The 5 references that drive our Codonopsis 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. McGuffin M, Hobbs C, Upton R, Goldberg A, eds. American Herbal Products Association's Botanical Safety Handbook. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, LLC 1997.
  2. Xu, X., Wang, S. R., and Lin, Q. [Clinical and experimental study on codonopsis pilosula oral liquor in treating coronary heart disease with blood stasis]. Zhongguo Zhong.Xi.Yi.Jie.He.Za Zhi. 1995;15(7):398-400.
  3. Hur GY, Choi GS, Park HJ, Ye YM, Park HS. Anaphylactic shock induced by Codonopsis lanceolata, traditional Chinese medicine in a patient with allergic rhinitis. Allergy. 2008;63(10):1406-7.
  4. Zhang ZB, Ip SP, Cho WCS, et al. Herb-drug interactions between androgenic Chinese herbal medicines and androgen receptor antagonist on tumor growth: Studies on two xenograft prostate cancer animal models. Phytother Res. 2021.
  5. Jia W, Bi Q, Jiang S, et al. Hypoglycemic activity of Codonopsis pilosula (Franch.) Nannf. in vitro and in vivo and its chemical composition identification by UPLC-Triple-TOF-MS/MS. Food Funct 2022;13(5):2456-2464.

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 Codonopsis and Diptheria, Tetanus, Acellular Pertussis Vaccine Together: Common Questions

Is it safe to take Codonopsis with Diptheria, Tetanus, Acellular Pertussis Vaccine?
We do not list a known interaction between Codonopsis and Diptheria, Tetanus, Acellular Pertussis Vaccine. 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 Codonopsis and Diptheria, Tetanus, Acellular Pertussis Vaccine combination checked?
Interactions in our licensed database are recorded against drug classes. Diptheria, Tetanus, Acellular Pertussis Vaccine is filed under 1 classification, and Codonopsis has documented interactions with 3 drug classes — none of Diptheria, Tetanus, Acellular Pertussis Vaccine'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 Codonopsis interact with any other medications?
Yes. Codonopsis has 211 documented drug interactions in our database — Diptheria, Tetanus, Acellular Pertussis Vaccine 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 Diptheria, Tetanus, Acellular Pertussis Vaccine interact with any supplements?
Yes. Diptheria, Tetanus, Acellular Pertussis Vaccine has documented interactions with 1 supplement in our database — Codonopsis is not one of them. The Diptheria, Tetanus, Acellular Pertussis Vaccine interaction page linked on this page lists every one, ranked by severity.

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