Drug & supplement interaction

Ficin + Apixaban

Apixaban brand name: Eliquis.

No Known Interaction
Medically reviewed by · Updated July 2026 · Pair last verified Sep 13, 2026
The bottom line No known interaction

We found no known interaction between Ficin and Apixaban 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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Ficin and Apixaban

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 Apixaban and Ficin 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 Ficin at all — not against Apixaban, 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.

Ficin safety at a glance

Ficin overall Use caution Human safety data are limited, and the crude latex can irritate skin and the digestive tract.
Pregnancy Likely Unsafe When crude ficin (latex) is used orally or topically. Serious adverse effects, including vomiting, seizures, and coma, have been reported in non-pregnant adults... Read the full pregnancy detail
Breastfeeding Likely Unsafe When crude ficin (latex) is used orally or topically. Serious adverse effects, including vomiting, seizures, and coma, have been reported in non-pregnant adults... Read the full breastfeeding detail

Pregnancy & breastfeeding ratings are from Natural Medicines (Therapeutic Research Center) — the full detail is in the Special populations card below. Safety guidance is general; always confirm with your pharmacist or doctor for your situation.

Still wondering about combining Apixaban and Ficin? Ask Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS directly ›
What to actually watch for

No Interaction Found — But Data Suggests Ficin and Apixaban 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. One of them is worth acting on rather than waiting out — marked below.

  • Bleeding or bruising Worth acting on Additional detail

    Ficin

    “Orally, taking large amounts of crude ficin (latex) can cause nausea, vomiting, psychomotor excitation, coma, seizures, diarrhea, headache, abdominal discomfort, somnolence, mydriasis, cerebral edema, and even death (11,100608).

    Topically, crude ficin (latex) is corrosive to skin and can cause bleeding with prolonged contact. Ficin can also cause contact allergies (11).”

    Ficin · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in allergic rhinitis (hay fever).

    2 sources cited
    1. 11. Leung AY, Foster S. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. 2nd ed. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1996.
    2. 100608. Hansson A, Zelada JC, Noriega HP. Reevaluation of risks with the use of Ficus insipida latex as a traditional anthelmintic remedy in the Amazon. J Ethnopharmacol 2005;98(3):251-7. PubMed

    “Topically, crude ficin (latex) is corrosive to skin and can cause bleeding with prolonged contact. Ficin can also cause contact allergies (11).”

    Ficin · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in allergic rhinitis (hay fever).

    1 source cited
    1. 11. Leung AY, Foster S. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. 2nd ed. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1996.

    Apixaban

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

Reported for Ficin but not commonly for Apixaban: stomach upset, drowsiness, vomiting and diarrhea.

Effects for Apixaban come from the ADVERSE REACTIONS section of its FDA label; effects for Ficin come from the Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, quoted above. Wording is matched across sources by our own clinical vocabulary, so treat this as a prompt to pay attention, not a diagnosis.

Special populations

Ficin in Pregnancy & Breastfeeding

Pregnancy And Lactation Likely Unsafe

When crude ficin (latex) is used orally or topically. Serious adverse effects, including vomiting, seizures, and coma, have been reported in non-pregnant adults taking traditional ficin preparations orally at a dose of 1.5 cm3/kg or higher. Theoretically, taking crude ficin orally might cause harm to pregnant women, nursing infants, or unborn fetuses, avoid using.

DISCLAIMER: This tool is intended for informational purposes only, and should not be interpreted as specific medical advice. Patients should consult with a qualified healthcare provider before making decisions about therapies and/or health conditions.© 2026 Therapeutic Research Center

From our Q&A

Questions About Ficin or Apixaban

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

This page covers Ficin only. If you take other supplements — a multivitamin, a sleep aid, something for joints — the Apixaban page lists 285 supplements it has a documented interaction with, worst first, each one explained.

The most serious there right now: Activated Charcoal (major), Danshen (major), Grapefruit (major), Piracetam (major) and St. John's Wort (major).

By severity: 5 major · 240 moderate · 40 minor.

From our pharmacist’s overview on the Apixaban page

“St. John's wort can weaken apixaban (Eliquis), speeding how the body clears this blood thinner and leaving you less protected from the strokes and clots it is prescribed to prevent.”

Reviewed by 2 · Jul 18, 2026

Open the Apixaban interaction page

One more smart check

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

We hold 4 real supplement products containing Ficin, each one broken down to its full ingredient list — and combination products often carry several ingredients besides Ficin. Even though Ficin itself has no known interaction with Apixaban, 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 Ficin and Apixaban 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 Ficin
Steady interest

#1,255 of 1,452 supplements looked up here in the last 7 days

29 days ago today
Medication Apixaban
Most looked up

#1 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 Ficin reference on this page ↓
  • Freshness: we automatically re-check this combination every week — this pair was last verified September 13, 2026. The Ficin and Apixaban 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 Ficin

What is Ficin?

Ficin
  • Intestinal worms (helminth infections)
  • Digestive aid (protein digestion)
  • Anti-inflammatory uses
  • Wound and skin applications (traditional)
  • As a meat tenderizer and food preservative

Ficin is a protein-digesting enzyme from the latex of the tropical fig tree Ficus insipida. It has a long history of traditional use for intestinal worms and is studied in labs for breaking down proteins and bacterial biofilms, but solid human evidence for any health use is limited. The crude latex can be irritating and is not well-studied for safety, so talk with a pharmacist or doctor before using it.

Ficus insipida · Moraceae · Latex (milky sap) from the trunk; purified enzyme extracted from the latex · Crude latex, purified enzyme preparations (powders), and as an ingredient in some research or industrial products

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

Ficin: dosing

There is no established standard dose for Ficin. Traditional preparations of the latex vary widely, and there is no agreed-upon safe and effective amount for any health use.If you are considering a commercial product that contains ficin, follow the directions on the label and do not exceed them.

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

Read the full Ficin monograph & all interactions
Medication

About Apixaban

What Is Apixaban Used For?

Brand name: Eliquis

Apixaban is used to reduce the risk of stroke and dangerous clots traveling through the body in adults with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (an irregular heart rhythm not caused by a heart valve problem). It is also used to prevent deep vein thrombosis (DVT — a blood clot in the leg) in adults after hip or knee replacement surgery, and to treat DVT and pulmonary embolism (PE — a blood clot in the lungs) in adults, including reducing the risk of those clots coming back.

Eliquis (the brand-name tablet and kit) is additionally approved to treat venous thromboembolism (VTE — blood clots in the veins) and reduce the risk of recurrent VTE in pediatric patients from birth and older, after at least 5 days of initial anticoagulant treatment. The generic apixaban tablet carries the adult indications only.

See full Apixaban drug information
Keep checking

Other Drugs & Ficin

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

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No interaction 2,829 drugs checked — show the list

We also checked Ficin 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 Ficin list.

See the full Ficin interactions page
See every supplement checked against Apixaban, ranked by severity
Evidence & sources

Ficin References

The 3 references that drive our Ficin 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. Leung AY, Foster S. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. 2nd ed. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1996.
  2. Hansson A, Zelada JC, Noriega HP. Reevaluation of risks with the use of Ficus insipida latex as a traditional anthelmintic remedy in the Amazon. J Ethnopharmacol 2005;98(3):251-7. PubMed
  3. Ma JW, Hung JL, Takeuchi M, Shieh PC, Horng CT. A New Pharmacological Vitreolysis through the Supplement of Mixed Fruit Enzymes for Patients with Ocular Floaters or Vitreous Hemorrhage-Induced Floaters. J Clin Med 2022;11(22):6710. 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 Ficin and Apixaban Together: Common Questions

Is it safe to take Ficin with Apixaban?
We do not list a known interaction between Ficin and Apixaban. 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 Ficin and Apixaban 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 Apixaban interact with any supplements?
Yes. Apixaban has documented interactions with 285 supplements in our database — Ficin is not one of them. The Apixaban 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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