Drug & supplement interaction

Immunoaugmentative Therapy + Dofetilide

Dofetilide brand name: Tikosyn.

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 Immunoaugmentative Therapy and Dofetilide 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

Immunoaugmentative Therapy and Dofetilide

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 Dofetilide and Immunoaugmentative Therapy in our sources. This does not guarantee that the combination is completely free of risk — research on Immunoaugmentative Therapy alongside specific medications may be limited.

Worth understanding: our licensed dataset holds no drug-interaction record for Immunoaugmentative Therapy at all — not against Dofetilide, 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.

Immunoaugmentative Therapy is a treatment rather than something you take. Tell whoever provides it which medicines you use, and ask your prescriber whether it is appropriate for your health and treatment. 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.

Immunoaugmentative Therapy safety at a glance

Immunoaugmentative... overall Avoid IAT is unproven, not standardized, and carries infection and other risks; it is not recommended.
Pregnancy Avoid There is no safety data; avoid this unproven injectable therapy during pregnancy.
Breastfeeding Avoid No safety information exists; avoid while breastfeeding.

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

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

No Interaction Found — But Data Suggests Immunoaugmentative Therapy and Dofetilide 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 having Immunoaugmentative Therapy while taking the medicine can make those effects more likely to turn up, and harder to pin on one or the other if they do. 2 of them are worth acting on rather than waiting out — marked below.

  • Liver problems Worth acting on Additional detail

    Immunoaugmentative Therapy

    “Subcutaneously, serious infections, such as HIV and hepatitis B, have been reported after receiving immunoaugmentative therapy. This has raised the concern that the products used in therapy may be derived from infected individuals, without undergoing adequate sterilization processes.”

    Immunoaugmentative Therapy · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in hepatitis.

    2 sources cited
    1. 102928. Green S. Immunoaugmentative therapy. An unproven cancer treatment. JAMA 199313;270(14):1719-23. DOI
    2. 102929. Questionable Methods of Cancer Management: Immuno-augmentative Therapy (IAT). CA Cancer Journal for Clinicians1991;41(6):357-64.

    Dofetilide

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

  • A higher chance of infection Worth acting on Additional detail

    Immunoaugmentative Therapy

    “Immunoaugmentative therapy has never been thoroughly evaluated in clinical research. Case reports suggest that subcutaneous immunoaugmentative therapy can cause fatigue, flu-like illness, pain at the injection site, generalized pain, and swelling.”

    Immunoaugmentative Therapy · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in fatigue.

    3 sources cited
    1. 102927. Pfeifer BL, Jonas WB. Clinical evaluation of "immunoaugmentative therapy (IAT)": an unconventional cancer treatment. Integr Cancer Ther. 2003;2(2):112-9. PubMed
    2. 102928. Green S. Immunoaugmentative therapy. An unproven cancer treatment. JAMA 199313;270(14):1719-23. DOI
    3. 102929. Questionable Methods of Cancer Management: Immuno-augmentative Therapy (IAT). CA Cancer Journal for Clinicians1991;41(6):357-64.

    Dofetilide

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

  • Tiredness reported in 5.1% of FDA reports for Dofetilide Additional detail

    Immunoaugmentative Therapy

    “Subcutaneously, fatigue has been reported after immunoaugmentative therapy.”

    Immunoaugmentative Therapy · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in fatigue.

    1 source cited
    1. 102927. Pfeifer BL, Jonas WB. Clinical evaluation of "immunoaugmentative therapy (IAT)": an unconventional cancer treatment. Integr Cancer Ther. 2003;2(2):112-9. PubMed

    Dofetilide

    Listed in the ADVERSE REACTIONS section of the FDA label for Dofetilide, and in voluntary FDA adverse-event reports. Read the label on DailyMed ›

  • Swelling Additional detail

    Immunoaugmentative Therapy

    Recorded for Immunoaugmentative Therapy in the same Natural Medicines adverse-effect record shown under A higher chance of infection above.

    Dofetilide

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

Effects for Dofetilide come from the ADVERSE REACTIONS section of its FDA label; effects for Immunoaugmentative Therapy come from the Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, quoted above. Where a percentage is shown, it is the share of 10,450 voluntary FDA FAERS reports for Dofetilide 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 Immunoaugmentative Therapy or Dofetilide

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

This page covers Immunoaugmentative Therapy only. If you take other supplements — a multivitamin, a sleep aid, something for joints — the Dofetilide page lists 146 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), Cesium (major) and Ephedra (major).

By severity: 8 major · 98 moderate · 40 minor.

From our pharmacist’s overview on the Dofetilide page

“Dofetilide (Tikosyn) controls abnormal heart rhythms, and it is dosed so precisely that most people start it in the hospital under ECG monitoring. Supplements deserve matching care.”

Reviewed by 2 · Jul 18, 2026

Open the Dofetilide interaction page

How much people look this up

Where Immunoaugmentative Therapy and Dofetilide 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 Immunoaugmentative Therapy
Top half

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

29 days ago today
Medication Dofetilide
Top 25%

#309 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 Immunoaugmentative Therapy reference on this page ↓
  • Freshness: we automatically re-check this combination every week — this pair was last verified September 20, 2026. The Immunoaugmentative Therapy and Dofetilide 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 .
Treatment approach

About Immunoaugmentative Therapy

What is Immunoaugmentative Therapy?

  • Cancer (as an alternative therapy)
  • Attempts to boost the immune system
  • Tumor reduction claims

Immunoaugmentative Therapy (IAT) is an unproven alternative cancer treatment, not a dietary supplement or herb. It involves injecting blood-derived protein mixtures, but there is no reliable scientific evidence that it treats cancer or any other disease, and it carries real safety risks. Talk to your oncologist before considering any alternative cancer therapy.

Not applicable (this is a treatment procedure, not a plant or herb) · Injections of blood-derived protein fractions given at a treatment clinic

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

Immunoaugmentative Therapy: dosing

There is no established or standardized dose for Immunoaugmentative Therapy, and it is not a product you can buy as a supplement. It was administered only at specific clinics following protocols that were never validated by mainstream science.HelloPharmacist does not recommend IAT.

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

Read the full Immunoaugmentative Therapy monograph & all interactions
Medication

About Dofetilide

What Is Dofetilide Used For?

Brand name: Tikosyn

Dofetilide capsules are used in two main ways for people with atrial fibrillation (AF) or atrial flutter (AFl) — abnormal, often rapid heart rhythms. First, they can help convert these abnormal rhythms back to a normal heart rhythm. Second, once a normal rhythm has been restored, dofetilide can help maintain it and delay the time before the abnormal rhythm comes back.

Because dofetilide can cause dangerous heart rhythm problems of its own, it is reserved for patients whose atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter causes significant symptoms. It has not been shown to be effective for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (short, self-terminating episodes). The brand Tikosyn carries the same two approved uses.

Most-Reported Side Effects for Dofetilide

From FAERS, the FDA’s public side-effect reporting system (10,450 reports, all brands). Reports are voluntary and are not proof the drug caused the effect.

Atrial fibrillation 1,066 reports
Dyspnea 612 reports
Dizziness 559 reports
Fatigue 531 reports
Electrocardiogram qt prolonged 446 reports
See full Dofetilide drug information
Keep checking

Other Drugs & Immunoaugmentative Therapy

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

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2,829No known interaction
2,829 No interaction
No interaction 2,829 drugs checked — show the list

We also checked Immunoaugmentative Therapy 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 Immunoaugmentative Therapy list.

See the full Immunoaugmentative Therapy interactions page
See every supplement checked against Dofetilide, ranked by severity
Evidence & sources

Immunoaugmentative Therapy References

The 3 references that drive our Immunoaugmentative Therapy 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. Pfeifer BL, Jonas WB. Clinical evaluation of "immunoaugmentative therapy (IAT)": an unconventional cancer treatment. Integr Cancer Ther. 2003;2(2):112-9. PubMed
  2. Green S. Immunoaugmentative therapy. An unproven cancer treatment. JAMA 199313;270(14):1719-23. DOI
  3. Questionable Methods of Cancer Management: Immuno-augmentative Therapy (IAT). CA Cancer Journal for Clinicians1991;41(6):357-64.

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

Having Immunoaugmentative Therapy While Taking Dofetilide: Common Questions

Is it safe to have Immunoaugmentative Therapy while taking Dofetilide?
We do not list a known interaction between Immunoaugmentative Therapy and Dofetilide. 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 Immunoaugmentative Therapy and Dofetilide have any of the same side effects?
Yes — our sources link each of them separately to 4 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 Dofetilide interact with any supplements?
Yes. Dofetilide has documented interactions with 146 supplements in our database — Immunoaugmentative Therapy is not one of them. The Dofetilide 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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