Drug & supplement interaction

Fulvic Acid + Esketamine

Esketamine brand name: Spravato.

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 Fulvic Acid and Esketamine 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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Fulvic Acid and Esketamine

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 Esketamine and Fulvic Acid 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.

Fulvic Acid safety at a glance

Fulvic Acid overall Use caution Short-term use appears generally tolerated, but high-quality safety data in humans is limited.
Pregnancy Avoid There is not enough safety information, so avoid use during pregnancy.
Breastfeeding Avoid There is not enough safety information, so avoid use while breastfeeding.

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

Still wondering about combining Esketamine and Fulvic Acid? Ask Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS directly ›
How we checked

Why No Interaction Is Listed for Esketamine

Interactions in our licensed database are recorded against drug classes, not just single drug names. Esketamine is filed under 2 classifications — tricyclic antidepressants (tcas), antidepressant drugs. Fulvic Acid has documented interactions with 3 drug classes — the most serious being anticoagulant/antiplatelet drugs (moderate), immunosuppressants (moderate) and thyroid hormone (moderate) — and none of Esketamine’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

Fulvic Acid Does Interact With Other Medications

Fulvic Acid has 257 moderate known drug interactions in our database — Esketamine isn’t one of them. If you take anything else, check it against the full list below.

Moderate 257 No known interaction 2,573 (incl. Esketamine)
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What to actually watch for

No Interaction Found — But Data Suggests Fulvic Acid and Esketamine 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.

  • Headache Additional detail

    Fulvic Acid

    “In one clinical trial, fulvic acid 3.8% 40 mL taken orally twice daily resulted in headache in some patients.”

    Fulvic Acid · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in cluster headache.

    1 source cited
    1. 90589. Gandy JJ, Meeding JP, Snyman JR, et al. Phase 1 clinical study of the acute and subacute safety and proof-of-concept efficacy of carbohydrate-derived fulvic acid. Clin Pharmacol. 2012;4:7-11. PubMed

    Esketamine

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

Reported for Fulvic Acid but not commonly for Esketamine: sore throat and diarrhea.

Effects for Esketamine come from the ADVERSE REACTIONS section of its FDA label; effects for Fulvic Acid come from the Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, quoted above. Where a percentage is shown, it is the share of 17,728 voluntary FDA FAERS reports for Esketamine 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 Esketamine

This page covers Fulvic Acid only. If you take other supplements — a multivitamin, a sleep aid, something for joints — the Esketamine page lists 11 supplements it has a documented interaction with, worst first, each one explained.

The most serious there right now: Scopolia (major), Cowhage (moderate), Dhea (moderate), Griffonia Simplicifolia (moderate) and Indian Snakeroot (moderate).

By severity: 1 major · 6 moderate · 4 minor.

From our pharmacist’s overview on the Esketamine page

“Esketamine (Spravato) is the nasal spray for depression that hasn't responded to standard treatment, and its supplement list deserves genuine respect. Scopolia carries the only major rating and is the entry to understand before any other; pairing it with the medication can raise the risk of anticholinergic effects, meaning dry mouth, b…”

Reviewed by 2 · Jul 18, 2026

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One more smart check

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

We hold 294 real supplement products containing Fulvic Acid, each one broken down to its full ingredient list — and combination products often carry several ingredients besides Fulvic Acid. Even though Fulvic Acid itself has no known interaction with Esketamine, 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 Fulvic Acid and Esketamine 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 Fulvic Acid
Top half

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

29 days ago today
Medication Esketamine
Steady interest

#2,708 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 Fulvic Acid reference on this page ↓
  • Freshness: we automatically re-check this combination every week — this pair was last verified September 20, 2026. The Fulvic Acid and Esketamine 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 Fulvic Acid

What is Fulvic Acid?

  • General wellness and energy
  • Gut health
  • Antioxidant support
  • Mineral and nutrient supplementation
  • Immune support

Fulvic acid is a natural compound formed when plants and microbes break down in soil, and it is sold as a supplement for energy, gut, and overall wellness. Human research is very limited, so most claims are unproven. Talk with your pharmacist or doctor before using it, and avoid it during pregnancy and breastfeeding due to a lack of safety data.

Derived from humus, soil, peat, and decomposed plant matter (often sourced from shilajit or leonardite) · Liquid drops, capsules, powders, shilajit resin, mineral supplements

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

Fulvic Acid: dosing

There is no official or standardized dose for fulvic acid. Products vary widely in concentration and form, including drops, capsules, and powders.The safest approach is to follow the directions on the product label and start with the lowest suggested amount.

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

Read the full Fulvic Acid monograph & all interactions
Medication

About Esketamine Nasal Spray

What Is Esketamine Nasal Spray Used For?

Brand name: Spravato

Spravato nasal spray is approved for two uses in adults. First, it treats treatment-resistant depression (TRD) — depression that has not responded to other antidepressants — either on its own or alongside an oral antidepressant. Second, it treats depressive symptoms in adults with major depressive disorder (MDD) who have acute suicidal ideation or behavior, always used together with an oral antidepressant in this case.

Important limits: Spravato has not been shown to prevent suicide or reduce suicidal thoughts or behavior on its own. It is not a replacement for hospitalization if that is clinically needed, and it is not approved as an anesthetic.

Most-Reported Side Effects for Esketamine

From FAERS, the FDA’s public side-effect reporting system (17,728 reports, all brands). Reports are voluntary and are not proof the drug caused the effect.

Dissociation 3,733 reports
Sedation 2,706 reports
Suicidal ideation 1,351 reports
Nausea 957 reports
Depression 873 reports
See full Esketamine Nasal Spray drug information
Keep checking

Other Drugs & Fulvic Acid

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

0Major
257Moderate
0Minor
2,572No known interaction
257 Moderate 2,572 No interaction
Moderate

257 interactions

Showing 60 of 257 moderate interactions — see all 257 on the Fulvic Acid page.

No interaction 2,572 drugs checked — show the list

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

Showing the 60 most looked-up of 2,572 medications checked with no known interaction — see the full Fulvic Acid list.

See the full Fulvic Acid interactions page
See every supplement checked against Esketamine, ranked by severity
Evidence & sources

Fulvic Acid References

The 3 references that drive our Fulvic Acid 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. Lu, FJ. Arsenic as a promoter in the effect of humic substances on plasma prothrombin time in vitro. Thromb Res 6-15-1990;58(6):537-541. PubMed
  2. Vucskits, AV, Hullar, I, Bersenyi, A, Andrasofszky, E, Kulcsar, M, Szabo, J. Effect of fulvic and humic acids on performance, immune response and thyroid function in rats. J Anim Physiol Anim Nutr (Berl) 2010;94(6):721-728. PubMed
  3. Gandy JJ, Meeding JP, Snyman JR, et al. Phase 1 clinical study of the acute and subacute safety and proof-of-concept efficacy of carbohydrate-derived fulvic acid. Clin Pharmacol. 2012;4:7-11. 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 Fulvic Acid and Esketamine Together: Common Questions

Is it safe to take Fulvic Acid with Esketamine?
We do not list a known interaction between Fulvic Acid and Esketamine. 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 Fulvic Acid and Esketamine 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.
How was the Fulvic Acid and Esketamine combination checked?
Interactions in our licensed database are recorded against drug classes. Esketamine is filed under 2 classifications, and Fulvic Acid has documented interactions with 3 drug classes — none of Esketamine'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 Fulvic Acid interact with any other medications?
Yes. Fulvic Acid has 257 documented drug interactions in our database — Esketamine 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 Esketamine interact with any supplements?
Yes. Esketamine has documented interactions with 11 supplements in our database — Fulvic Acid is not one of them. The Esketamine 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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