Drug & supplement interaction

Hercules Club + Niraparib Tosylate

Niraparib Tosylate brand name: Zejula.

No Known Interaction

Medically reviewed by Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS · Updated July 2026 · Pair last verified Sep 13, 2026

The bottom line No known interaction

We found no known interaction between Hercules Club and Niraparib Tosylate 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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Interaction report

Hercules Club and Niraparib Tosylate

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 Niraparib Tosylate and Hercules Club 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.

Hercules Club safety at a glance

Hercules Club overall Use caution Limited safety data exist, and the plant is best used only with professional guidance.

Pregnancy Likely Unsafe When used orally because it might have menstrual stimulant effects. There is insufficient reliable information available about the safety of the berry during pr... Read the full pregnancy detail

Breastfeeding Possibly Unsafe When used orally because it might cause colic in nursing infants. 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 Niraparib Tosylate and Hercules Club? Ask Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS directly ›

How we checked

Why No Interaction Is Listed for Niraparib Tosylate

Interactions in our licensed database are recorded against drug classes, not just single drug names. Niraparib Tosylate is filed under 2 classifications — p-glycoprotein substrates, oral drugs. Hercules Club has documented interactions with 3 drug classes — the most serious being antacids (minor), h2-blockers (minor) and proton pump inhibitors (ppis) (minor) — and none of Niraparib Tosylate’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

Hercules Club Does Interact With Other Medications

Hercules Club has 36 minor known drug interactions in our database — Niraparib Tosylate isn’t one of them. If you take anything else, check it against the full list below.

Minor 36 No known interaction 2,794 (incl. Niraparib Tosylate)

Taking anything else?

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Covers the 2,830 medications we’ve checked against Hercules Club. Pick one to open its full report.

What to actually watch for

What Niraparib Tosylate’s Own FDA Label Lists

This is not an interaction — none of it involves Hercules Club. These are the most notable effects listed in the ADVERSE REACTIONS section of Niraparib Tosylate’s own FDA label, for the medication by itself. Knowing the drug’s own list makes it easier to work out the likely cause if something new turns up while you take both. 8 of them are worth acting on rather than waiting out — marked below.

Low magnesium Worth acting on
Raised blood pressure Worth acting on mentioned in 5.9% of FDA reports for Niraparib Tosylate
A low platelet count Worth acting on
Kidney problems Worth acting on
Anemia Worth acting on
Shortness of breath Worth acting on
A low white blood cell count Worth acting on
A higher chance of infection Worth acting on
A change in taste
Reduced appetite mentioned in 7.8% of FDA reports for Niraparib Tosylate

Showing the 10 most notable of 27 label-listed effects — ranked by how unusual each one is across medicines generally, with serious effects weighted up.

From the ADVERSE REACTIONS section of the FDA label for Niraparib Tosylate. Read the label on DailyMed › Where a percentage is shown, it is the share of 51 voluntary FDA FAERS reports for Niraparib Tosylate that mention that effect — a reporting proportion, not an incidence rate and not evidence the drug caused it. Hercules Club’s licensed record lists no adverse effects our clinical vocabulary could match, so there is no Hercules Club side to compare — that is a limit of the record, not a statement that Hercules Club has no side effects.

Special populations

Hercules Club in Pregnancy & Breastfeeding

Pregnancy Likely Unsafe

When used orally because it might have menstrual stimulant effects. There is insufficient reliable information available about the safety of the berry during pregnancy; avoid using.

Lactation Possibly Unsafe

When used orally because it might cause colic in nursing infants.

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

Everything else you take

See Every Supplement That Interacts With Niraparib Tosylate

This page covers Hercules Club only. If you take other supplements — a multivitamin, a sleep aid, something for joints — the Niraparib Tosylate page lists 54 supplements it has a documented interaction with, worst first, each one explained.

The most serious there right now: Activated Charcoal (major), St. John's Wort (major), Bitter Melon (moderate), Black Pepper (moderate) and Bulbine Natalensis (moderate).

By severity: 2 major · 35 moderate · 17 minor.

From our pharmacist’s overview on the Niraparib Tosylate page

“Activated charcoal, popular for bloating and so-called detox routines, can trap niraparib (Zejula) in the gut before it absorbs, and St. John's wort can drive levels of the drug down another way.”

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How much people look this up

Where Hercules Club and Niraparib Tosylate 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 Hercules Club

Steady interest

#1,292 of 1,452 supplements looked up here in the last 7 days

29 days ago today

Medication Niraparib Tosylate

Top half

#1,374 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 Hercules Club reference on this page ↓
Freshness: we automatically re-check this combination every week — this pair was last verified September 13, 2026. The Hercules Club and Niraparib Tosylate 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 Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS.

Supplement

About Hercules Club

What is Hercules Club?

Toothache and mouth pain
Indigestion and sluggish digestion
Rheumatism and joint pain
Circulation (as a stimulant or tonic)
Sore throat

Hercules Club (southern prickly ash) is a traditional folk remedy used mainly for toothache, digestion, and joint pain, often by chewing the bark, which causes a tingling, numbing feeling in the mouth. Modern scientific evidence supporting these uses is very limited, and safety has not been well studied, so it is best to talk with a pharmacist or doctor before using it.

Zanthoxylum clava-herculis · Rutaceae · Bark, roots, and berries · Dried bark, tinctures, teas, and topical preparations

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

Hercules Club: dosing

There is no established standardized dose for Hercules Club. Traditional use varied widely, and product strengths differ from one brand to another.If you choose to use a commercial product, follow the directions on the label and do not exceed them.

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

Read the full Hercules Club monograph & all interactions

Medication

About Niraparib

What Is Niraparib Used For?

Brand name: Zejula

Zejula is used as maintenance therapy — meaning it is taken after chemotherapy to help keep the cancer from coming back — for adults with advanced epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer. For first-line maintenance, Zejula is approved for patients whose cancer is HRD-positive (has certain DNA-repair defects, including BRCA mutations or genomic instability) and who have responded to their first round of platinum-based chemotherapy.

Zejula is also approved for maintenance treatment in adults with recurrent ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer that carries a germline BRCA mutation (an inherited change in the BRCA gene), when the cancer has responded to platinum-based chemotherapy. In both cases, a companion diagnostic test is required to confirm eligibility before starting Zejula.

Most-Reported Side Effects for Niraparib Tosylate

From FAERS, the FDA’s public side-effect reporting system (51 reports, all brands). Reports are voluntary and are not proof the drug caused the effect.

Constipation 4 reports

Decreased appetite 4 reports

Fatigue 4 reports

Nausea 4 reports

Prostatic specific antigen increased 4 reports

See full Niraparib drug information

Keep checking

Other Drugs & Hercules Club

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

0Major

0Moderate

36Minor

2,793No known interaction

36 Minor 2,793 No interaction

Minor

36 interactions

No interaction 2,793 drugs checked — show the list

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

Showing the 60 most looked-up of 2,793 medications checked with no known interaction — see the full Hercules Club list.

See the full Hercules Club interactions page

See every supplement checked against Niraparib Tosylate, ranked by severity

Evidence & sources

Hercules Club References

The 2 references that drive our Hercules Club 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.

McGuffin M, Hobbs C, Upton R, Goldberg A, eds. American Herbal Products Association's Botanical Safety Handbook. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, LLC 1997.
Brinker F. Herb Contraindications and Drug Interactions. 2nd ed. Sandy, OR: Eclectic Medical Publications, 1998.

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 Hercules Club and Niraparib Tosylate Together: Common Questions

Is it safe to take Hercules Club with Niraparib Tosylate?

We do not list a known interaction between Hercules Club and Niraparib Tosylate. 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 Hercules Club and Niraparib Tosylate combination checked?

Interactions in our licensed database are recorded against drug classes. Niraparib Tosylate is filed under 2 classifications, and Hercules Club has documented interactions with 3 drug classes — none of Niraparib Tosylate'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 Hercules Club interact with any other medications?

Yes. Hercules Club has 36 documented drug interactions in our database — Niraparib Tosylate 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 Niraparib Tosylate interact with any supplements?

Yes. Niraparib Tosylate has documented interactions with 54 supplements in our database — Hercules Club is not one of them. The Niraparib Tosylate 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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Keep Exploring

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