Drug & supplement interaction

Inositol Nicotinate + Brodalumab

Brodalumab brand name: Siliq.

No Known Interaction
The bottom line No known interaction

We found no known interaction between Inositol Nicotinate and Brodalumab 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

Inositol Nicotinate and Brodalumab

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 Brodalumab and Inositol Nicotinate 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.

Inositol Nicotinate safety at a glance

Inositol Nicotinat... overall Use caution Generally tolerated short-term but evidence is limited and high-dose niacin compounds can affect the liver.
Pregnancy Avoid Not enough safety data; avoid unless directed by your doctor.
Breastfeeding Avoid Safety has not been established; best to avoid.

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

Still wondering about combining Brodalumab and Inositol Nicotinate? Ask Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS directly ›
Keep it in perspective

Inositol Nicotinate Does Interact With Other Medications

Inositol Nicotinate has 223 moderate known drug interactions in our database — Brodalumab isn’t one of them. If you take anything else, check it against the full list below.

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No Interaction Found — But Data Suggests Inositol Nicotinate and Brodalumab 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 taking both can make those effects more likely to turn up, and harder to pin on one or the other if they do.

  • Itching Additional detail

    Inositol Nicotinate

    “Orally, inositol nicotinate is converted to niacin and is therefore likely to cause similar side effects as niacin, including pruritus.”

    Inositol Nicotinate · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in pruritus.

    1 source cited
    1. 496. Anon. Inositol hexaniacinate. Altern Med Rev 1998;3:222-3.

    Brodalumab

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

  • Diarrhea / Nausea Additional detail

    Inositol Nicotinate

    “Orally, inositol nicotinate is converted to niacin and is therefore likely to cause similar side effects as niacin, including gastrointestinal complaints such as nausea, vomiting, bloating, heartburn, diarrhea, and constipation. These adverse effects from niacin may be reduced by taking it with meals or antacids, and usually disappear within two weeks of continued therapy.”

    Inositol Nicotinate · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in constipation.

    4 sources cited
    1. 496. Anon. Inositol hexaniacinate. Altern Med Rev 1998;3:222-3.
    2. 4851. Gibbons LW, Gonzalez V, Gordon N, Grundy S. The prevalence of side effects with regular and sustained-release nicotinic acid. Am J Med 1995;99:378-85. PubMed
    3. 11690. Figge HL, Figge J, Souney PF, et al. Nicotinic acid: a review of its clinical use in the treatment of lipid disorders. Pharmacotherapy 1988;8:287-94. PubMed
    4. 26094. Brown WV. Niacin for lipid disorders. Indications, effectiveness, and safety. Postgrad Med. 1995 Aug;98(2):185-9, 192-3. PubMed

    Brodalumab

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

Reported for Inositol Nicotinate but not commonly for Brodalumab: stomach pain, liver problems, constipation and heartburn.

Effects for Brodalumab come from the ADVERSE REACTIONS section of its FDA label; effects for Inositol Nicotinate come from the Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, quoted above. Where a percentage is shown, it is the share of 2,000 voluntary FDA FAERS reports for Brodalumab 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.

Overlapping uses

What Brodalumab Is Prescribed For, and What Inositol Nicotinate Has Been Studied For

These two come up together because they touch the same health topic — not because they do the same job. Brodalumab is a prescription medicine with approved uses on its FDA label. Inositol Nicotinate is a supplement: what follows is what researchers have looked at it for, and how strong that evidence is.

Brodalumab is prescribed for: Siliq (brodalumab) is used to treat moderate to severe plaque psoriasis in adults who are candidates for systemic therapy or phototherapy. It is specifically for patients who have not responded — or have stopped responding — to other systemic treatments.

Inositol Nicotinate has been studied for:

  • Psoriasis studied, not established Inositol Nicotinate has been studied for this. Natural Medicines rates the evidence: Insufficient Reliable Evidence To Rate Read what the research shows

    Inositol Nicotinate for psoriasis

    Although there has been interest in using oral inositol nicotinate for psoriasis, there is insufficient reliable information about the clinical effects of inositol nicotinate for this purpose.

Effectiveness ratings and the research summaries above are the verbatim record from the Natural Medicines database, which grades evidence from “Effective” down to “Insufficient Reliable Evidence To Rate”. A rating below the top of that scale means researchers have looked at it — not that it works, and never that it can stand in for a prescribed medicine. Do not stop or replace Brodalumab on your own; if you are taking Inositol Nicotinate for the same health topic, tell your prescriber, especially if the medicine is being adjusted to a target.

One more smart check

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

We hold 202 real supplement products containing Inositol Nicotinate, each one broken down to its full ingredient list — and combination products often carry several ingredients besides Inositol Nicotinate. Even though Inositol Nicotinate itself has no known interaction with Brodalumab, another ingredient on your label might. Find your product and we’ll check every ingredient on its label:

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Where Inositol Nicotinate and Brodalumab 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 Inositol Nicotinate
Top 25%

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

29 days ago today
Medication Brodalumab
Steady interest

#2,175 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 Inositol Nicotinate reference on this page ↓
  • Freshness: we automatically re-check this combination every week — this pair was last verified September 13, 2026. The Inositol Nicotinate and Brodalumab 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 Inositol Nicotinate

What is Inositol Nicotinate?

Inositol Nicotinate
  • Cholesterol support
  • Improving circulation
  • Raynaud's phenomenon
  • Intermittent claudication (leg pain with walking)
  • A 'no-flush' niacin alternative

Inositol nicotinate is a 'no-flush' form of niacin marketed for cholesterol and circulation. Evidence that it works as well as regular niacin is weak and inconsistent, and it is not a proven replacement for prescription cholesterol treatment. Talk to your pharmacist or doctor before using it, especially if you have liver problems or take other medicines.

Synthetic compound (inositol bound to niacin/nicotinic acid) · Tablets, capsules

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

Inositol Nicotinate: dosing

There is no well-established standard dose for inositol nicotinate, and products vary widely. Do not assume a higher dose is safer or more effective.

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

Read the full Inositol Nicotinate monograph & all interactions
Medication

About Brodalumab Injection

What Is Brodalumab Injection Used For?

Brand name: Siliq

Siliq (brodalumab) is used to treat moderate to severe plaque psoriasis in adults who are candidates for systemic therapy or phototherapy. It is specifically for patients who have not responded — or have stopped responding — to other systemic treatments.

Most-Reported Side Effects for Brodalumab

From FAERS, the FDA’s public side-effect reporting system (2,000 reports, all brands). Reports are voluntary and are not proof the drug caused the effect.

Psoriasis 498 reports
Arthralgia 191 reports
Psoriatic arthropathy 173 reports
Fatigue 171 reports
Disease recurrence 137 reports
See full Brodalumab Injection drug information
Keep checking

Other Drugs & Inositol Nicotinate

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

0Major
223Moderate
0Minor
2,606No known interaction
Moderate

223 interactions

Showing 60 of 223 moderate interactions — see all 223 on the Inositol Nicotinate page.

No interaction 2,606 drugs checked — show the list
Evidence & sources

Inositol Nicotinate References

The 21 references that drive our Inositol Nicotinate 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. Anon. Inositol hexaniacinate. Altern Med Rev 1998;3:222-3.
  2. Holti G. An experimentally controlled evaluation of the effect of inositol nicotinate upon the digital blood flow in patients with Raynaud's phenomenon. J Int Med Res 1979;7:473-83. PubMed
  3. Knodel LC, Talbert RL. Adverse effects of hypolipidaemic drugs. Med Toxicol 1987;2:10-32. PubMed
  4. Gibbons LW, Gonzalez V, Gordon N, Grundy S. The prevalence of side effects with regular and sustained-release nicotinic acid. Am J Med 1995;99:378-85. PubMed
  5. Crouse JR III. New developments in the use of niacin for treatment of hyperlipidemia: new considerations in the use of an old drug. Coron Artery Dis 1996;7:321-6. PubMed
  6. Garg A, Grundy SM. Nicotinic acid as therapy for dyslipidemia in non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. JAMA 1990;264:723-6. DOI
  7. American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. ASHP Therapeutic Position Statement on the safe use of niacin in the management of dyslipidemias. Am J Health Syst Pharm 1997;54:2815-9. DOI
  8. Guyton JR, Goldberg AC, Kreisberg RA, et al. Effectiveness of once-nightly dosing of extended-release niacin alone and in combination for hypercholesterolemia. Am J Cardiol 1998;82:737-43.
  9. Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine. Dietary Reference Intakes for Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Vitamin B6, Folate, Vitamin B12, Pantothenic Acid, Biotin, and Choline (2000). Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2000. Available at: http://b
  10. Brown BG, Zhao XQ, Chait A, et al. Simvastatin and niacin, antioxidant vitamins, or the combination for the prevention of coronary disease. N Engl J Med 2001;345:1583-93. DOI
  11. Bays HE, Dujovne CA. Drug interactions of lipid-altering drugs. Drug Saf 1998;19:355-71. PubMed
  12. Figge HL, Figge J, Souney PF, et al. Nicotinic acid: a review of its clinical use in the treatment of lipid disorders. Pharmacotherapy 1988;8:287-94. PubMed
  13. McKenney J. New perspectives on the use of niacin in the treatment of lipid disorders. Arch Intern Med 2004;164:697-705. PubMed
  14. Reaven P, Witztum JL. Lovastatin, nicotinic acid and rhabdomyolysis (letter). Ann Int Med 1988;109:597-8. PubMed
  15. Ito MK. Advances in the understanding and management of dyslipidemia: using niacin-based therapies. Am J Health-Syst Pharm 2003;60(suppl 2):s15-21. 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 Inositol Nicotinate and Brodalumab Together: Common Questions

Is it safe to take Inositol Nicotinate with Brodalumab?
We do not list a known interaction between Inositol Nicotinate and Brodalumab. 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 Inositol Nicotinate and Brodalumab have any of the same side effects?
Yes — our sources link each of them separately to 3 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.
Are Inositol Nicotinate and Brodalumab used for the same thing?
They overlap in purpose, which usually means the real question is whether you need both rather than whether they are safe together. This page lists the shared uses and how strong the evidence is for Inositol Nicotinate in each. That is a conversation for your prescriber, especially if Brodalumab is being adjusted to a target.
Does Inositol Nicotinate interact with any other medications?
Yes. Inositol Nicotinate has 223 documented drug interactions in our database — Brodalumab is simply not one of them. If you take anything else, it is worth checking each one; they are all listed on this page.

Written and reviewed by the HelloPharmacist editorial staff. Our editorial policy

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