Drug & supplement interaction

Lady Fern + Clevidipine

Clevidipine brand name: Cleviprex.

No Known Interaction
Medically reviewed by · Updated June 2026 · Pair last verified Sep 20, 2026
The bottom line No known interaction

We found no known interaction between Lady Fern and Clevidipine 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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Lady Fern and Clevidipine

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 Clevidipine and Lady Fern 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 Lady Fern at all — not against Clevidipine, 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.

Lady Fern safety at a glance

Lady Fern overall Use caution Limited safety data exist; some ferns can be irritating or harmful if eaten raw or in large amounts.
Pregnancy Avoid Not enough safety information; avoid medicinal use during pregnancy.
Breastfeeding Avoid No reliable safety data; best avoided while breastfeeding.

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

Still wondering about combining Clevidipine and Lady Fern? Ask Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS directly ›
Everything else you take

See Every Supplement That Interacts With Clevidipine

This page covers Lady Fern only. If you take other supplements — a multivitamin, a sleep aid, something for joints — the Clevidipine page lists 119 supplements it has a documented interaction with, worst first, each one explained.

The most serious there right now: American Hellebore (major), American Mistletoe (major), Tyramine (major), Adrafinil (moderate) and Agmatine (moderate).

By severity: 3 major · 104 moderate · 12 minor.

From our pharmacist’s overview on the Clevidipine page

“When you are on clevidipine (Cleviprex), a hospital IV drip used to bring dangerously high blood pressure down fast, every one of the 119 supplements and herbs listed here pushes on the very thing the drug controls, and that earns this list real caution. Most of the 104 moderate entries, everyday products like fish oil among them, add…”

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Where Lady Fern and Clevidipine 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 Lady Fern
Steady interest

#1,401 of 1,452 supplements looked up here in the last 7 days

29 days ago today
Medication Clevidipine
Steady interest

#2,311 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. Lady Fern is not yet covered by that licensed database, so its write-up cites publicly available medical sources directly (see the references below).
  • Citation library: 103,510 references behind our interaction content, 65,311 of them resolved to verified PubMed/DOI sources. See every Lady Fern reference on this page ↓
  • Freshness: we automatically re-check this combination every week — this pair was last verified September 20, 2026. The Lady Fern and Clevidipine records this page draws on were last updated June 20, 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 Lady Fern

What is Lady Fern?

  • Traditional digestive complaints
  • Folk remedy for intestinal worms
  • Topical use for wounds and skin irritation
  • General traditional tonic
  • Eaten as a foraged spring vegetable (fiddleheads)

Lady fern is a woodland fern used in some folk traditions and occasionally foraged for its young fronds (fiddleheads). There is very little scientific evidence to support any medicinal use, and some ferns can be unsafe if raw or improperly prepared, so caution is warranted.

Athyrium filix-femina · Athyriaceae · Rhizome (rootstock) and young fronds (fiddleheads) · Dried rhizome, traditional decoction, occasionally cooked young fronds (fiddleheads) as food

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

Lady Fern: dosing

There is no established or standardized medicinal dose for lady fern. It has not been studied enough to recommend a safe and effective amount for any condition.If you choose to use a product that contains lady fern, follow the directions on the label and do not exceed the suggested amount. For fiddleheads used as food, cook them fully according to trusted preparation guidance.

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

Read the full Lady Fern monograph & all interactions
Medication

About Clevidipine

Most-Reported Side Effects for Clevidipine

From FAERS, the FDA’s public side-effect reporting system (362 reports, all brands). Reports are voluntary and are not proof the drug caused the effect.

Hypotension 30 reports
Hypoxia 26 reports
Ventilation perfusion mismatch 25 reports
Oxygen saturation decreased 18 reports
Tachycardia 17 reports
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Other Drugs & Lady Fern

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

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We also checked Lady Fern 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 Lady Fern list.

See the full Lady Fern interactions page
See every supplement checked against Clevidipine, ranked by severity
Evidence & sources

Lady Fern References

The 2 sources that drive our Lady Fern monograph — publicly available pages from reputable medical and government organizations. Every link was verified to work before publishing. Lady Fern is not covered by the licensed Natural Medicines interaction database, so its page cites these public sources directly.

  1. Herbs at a Glance — NIH National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) Source
  2. Herbs and Supplements — MedlinePlus (U.S. National Library of Medicine) Source

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 Lady Fern and Clevidipine Together: Common Questions

Is it safe to take Lady Fern with Clevidipine?
We do not list a known interaction between Lady Fern and Clevidipine. 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.
Does Clevidipine interact with any supplements?
Yes. Clevidipine has documented interactions with 119 supplements in our database — Lady Fern is not one of them. The Clevidipine interaction page linked on this page lists every one, ranked by severity.

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