Drug & supplement interaction

Maitake Mushroom + Gallium Dotatate Ga-68

Gallium Dotatate Ga-68 brand name: Netspot.

No Known Interaction
The bottom line No known interaction

We found no known interaction between Maitake Mushroom and Gallium Dotatate Ga-68 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

Maitake Mushroom and Gallium Dotatate Ga-68

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 Gallium Dotatate Ga-68 and Maitake Mushroom 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.

Maitake Mushroom safety at a glance

Maitake Mushroom overall Use caution Generally well tolerated as food, but supplement safety has not been fully studied.
Pregnancy Avoid Not enough safety data, so concentrated supplements should be avoided during pregnancy.
Breastfeeding Avoid Not enough safety data, so concentrated supplements should be avoided while breastfeeding.

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

Still wondering about combining Gallium Dotatate Ga-68 and Maitake Mushroom? Ask Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS directly ›
Keep it in perspective

Maitake Mushroom Does Interact With Other Medications

Maitake Mushroom has 260 moderate known drug interactions in our database — Gallium Dotatate Ga-68 isn’t one of them. If you take anything else, check it against the full list below.

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What Maitake Mushroom Itself Has Been Linked To

This is not an interaction — nothing below involves Gallium Dotatate Ga-68. It is the side-effect record for Maitake Mushroom on its own, from the licensed Natural Medicines monograph. If something new turns up after you add Maitake Mushroom, this list is the first place to look. One entry is worth acting on rather than waiting out — marked below.

  • An allergic reaction Worth acting on Additional detail

    “In a clinical trial, one patient experienced rash and pruritus after two doses of maitake mushroom polysaccharide extract. The allergic reaction cleared without intervention.”

    Maitake Mushroom · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in pruritus.

    1 source cited
    1. 61239. Deng, G., Lin, H., Seidman, A., Fornier, M., D'Andrea, G., Wesa, K., Yeung, S., Cunningham-Rundles, S., Vickers, A. J., and Cassileth, B. A phase I/II trial of a polysaccharide extract from Grifola frondosa (Maitake mushroom) in breast cancer patients: i
  • Itching / A skin rash Additional detail

    Recorded for Maitake Mushroom in the same Natural Medicines adverse-effect record shown under An allergic reaction above.

  • Diarrhea Additional detail

    “In clinical research of a polysaccharide extract from maitake mushroom, one patient reported nausea and 2 out of 26 reported epigastric pain. In a clinical trial of a liquid extract from maitake mushroom, 2 out of 21 patients experienced diarrhea, and one experienced nausea. One patient withdrew from the study due to diarrhea.”

    Maitake Mushroom · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in diarrhea.

    3 sources cited
    1. 61239. Deng, G., Lin, H., Seidman, A., Fornier, M., D'Andrea, G., Wesa, K., Yeung, S., Cunningham-Rundles, S., Vickers, A. J., and Cassileth, B. A phase I/II trial of a polysaccharide extract from Grifola frondosa (Maitake mushroom) in breast cancer patients: i
    2. 17131. Chen JT, Tominaga K, Sato Y, et al. Maitake mushroom (Grifola frondosa) extract induces ovulation in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome: a possible monotherapy and a combination therapy after failure with first-line clomiphene citrate. J Altern Compl
    3. 92843. Wesa KM, Cunningham-Rundles S, Klimek VM, et al. Maitake mushroom extract in myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS): a phase II study. Cancer Immunol Immunother 2015;64(2):237-47. PubMed
  • Nausea Additional detail

    Recorded for Maitake Mushroom in the same Natural Medicines adverse-effect record shown under Diarrhea above.

Everything above comes from the Natural Medicines adverse-effect record for Maitake Mushroom — expand a row for the licensed statement it rests on. We haven’t matched Gallium Dotatate Ga-68 to its FDA label in our system yet, so we can’t compare its own side-effect list here — the leaflet that comes with your prescription is the authoritative list for Gallium Dotatate Ga-68.

One more smart check

Taking Maitake Mushroom as Part of a Dietary Supplement Product? Check It for Interactions

We hold 1,788 real supplement products containing Maitake Mushroom, each one broken down to its full ingredient list — and combination products often carry several ingredients besides Maitake Mushroom. Even though Maitake Mushroom itself has no known interaction with Gallium Dotatate Ga-68, 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 Maitake Mushroom and Gallium Dotatate Ga-68 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 Maitake Mushroom
Top 25%

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

29 days ago today
Medication Gallium Dotatate Ga-68
Steady interest

#1,469 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 Maitake Mushroom reference on this page ↓
  • Freshness: we automatically re-check this combination every week — this pair was last verified September 13, 2026. The Maitake Mushroom and Gallium Dotatate Ga-68 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 Maitake Mushroom

What is Maitake Mushroom?

Maitake Mushroom
  • Immune support
  • Blood sugar support in diabetes
  • High blood pressure
  • High cholesterol
  • General wellness and antioxidant support

Maitake is an edible mushroom long used as food and in traditional Japanese medicine, and it is being studied for possible immune, blood sugar, and blood pressure effects. The human evidence is still limited and not strong enough to recommend it as a treatment. It is generally well tolerated as food, but talk to your pharmacist or doctor before using concentrated supplements.

Grifola frondosa · Meripilaceae · Fruiting body (mushroom) and mycelium; also purified extracts such as the 'D-fraction' · Capsules, tablets, powders, liquid extracts (D-fraction/SX-fraction), and whole mushroom used as food

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

Maitake Mushroom: dosing

There is no official, well-established dose for maitake supplements. Products vary widely in strength and in how they are prepared, including whole mushroom powders and standardized extracts like the D-fraction.The best approach is to follow the directions on the product label and to choose products from reputable brands.

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

Read the full Maitake Mushroom monograph & all interactions
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Other Drugs & Maitake Mushroom

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

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260Moderate
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2,569No known interaction
Moderate

260 interactions

Showing 60 of 260 moderate interactions — see all 260 on the Maitake Mushroom page.

No interaction 2,569 drugs checked — show the list
Evidence & sources

Maitake Mushroom References

The 8 references that drive our Maitake Mushroom 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. Kabir Y, Kimura S. Dietary mushrooms reduce blood pressure in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo) 1989;35:91-4. PubMed
  2. Kabir Y, Yamaguchi M, Kimura S. Effect of shiitake (Lentinus edodes) and maitake (Grifola frondosa) mushrooms on blood pressure and plasma lipids of spontaneously hypertensive rats. J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo) 1987;33:341-6. PubMed
  3. Konno S, Tortorelis DG, Fullerton SA, et al. A possible hypoglycaemic effect of maitake mushroom on Type 2 diabetic patients. Diabet Med 2001;18:1010. PubMed
  4. Chen JT, Tominaga K, Sato Y, et al. Maitake mushroom (Grifola frondosa) extract induces ovulation in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome: a possible monotherapy and a combination therapy after failure with first-line clomiphene citrate. J Altern Compl
  5. Hanselin MR, Vande Griend JP, Linnebur SA. INR elevation with maitake extract in combination with warfarin. Ann Pharmacother 2010;44:223-4. PubMed
  6. Talpur, N. A., Echard, B. W., Fan, A. Y., Jaffari, O., Bagchi, D., and Preuss, H. G. Antihypertensive and metabolic effects of whole Maitake mushroom powder and its fractions in two rat strains. Mol.Cell Biochem. 2002;237(1-2):129-136. PubMed
  7. Deng, G., Lin, H., Seidman, A., Fornier, M., D'Andrea, G., Wesa, K., Yeung, S., Cunningham-Rundles, S., Vickers, A. J., and Cassileth, B. A phase I/II trial of a polysaccharide extract from Grifola frondosa (Maitake mushroom) in breast cancer patients: i
  8. Wesa KM, Cunningham-Rundles S, Klimek VM, et al. Maitake mushroom extract in myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS): a phase II study. Cancer Immunol Immunother 2015;64(2):237-47. 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 Maitake Mushroom and Gallium Dotatate Ga-68 Together: Common Questions

Is it safe to take Maitake Mushroom with Gallium Dotatate Ga-68?
We do not list a known interaction between Maitake Mushroom and Gallium Dotatate Ga-68. 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 Maitake Mushroom interact with any other medications?
Yes. Maitake Mushroom has 260 documented drug interactions in our database — Gallium Dotatate Ga-68 is simply not one of them. If you take anything else, it is worth checking each one; they are all listed on this page.

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