Drug & supplement interaction

Safed Musli + Sunitinib

Sunitinib brand name: Sutent.

No Known Interaction
The bottom line No known interaction

We found no known interaction between Safed Musli and Sunitinib 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

Safed Musli and Sunitinib

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 Sunitinib and Safed Musli 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 Safed Musli at all — not against Sunitinib, 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.

Safed Musli safety at a glance

Safed Musli overall Use caution Generally considered well tolerated in traditional use, but high-quality human safety data are limited.
Pregnancy Avoid Not enough safety information is available, so it is best avoided during pregnancy.
Breastfeeding Avoid Safety while breastfeeding is unknown, so avoid it unless a doctor advises otherwise.

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

Still wondering about combining Sunitinib and Safed Musli? Ask Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS directly ›
What to actually watch for

What Sunitinib’s Own FDA Label Lists

This is not an interaction — none of it involves Safed Musli. These are the most notable effects listed in the ADVERSE REACTIONS section of Sunitinib’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. 10 of them are worth acting on rather than waiting out — marked below.

  • A change in thyroid levels Worth acting on
  • A stroke or mini-stroke Worth acting on
  • Severe muscle breakdown Worth acting on
  • Muscle weakness Worth acting on
  • High potassium Worth acting on
  • Low blood sugar Worth acting on
  • Blood clots Worth acting on
  • Pancreatitis Worth acting on
  • High blood sugar Worth acting on
  • An irregular heartbeat Worth acting on

Showing the 10 most notable of 53 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 Sunitinib. Read the label on DailyMed › Safed Musli’s licensed record lists no adverse effects our clinical vocabulary could match, so there is no Safed Musli side to compare — that is a limit of the record, not a statement that Safed Musli has no side effects.

Everything else you take

See Every Supplement That Interacts With Sunitinib

This page covers Safed Musli only. If you take other supplements — a multivitamin, a sleep aid, something for joints — the Sunitinib page lists 138 supplements it has a documented interaction with, worst first, each one explained.

The most serious there right now: Activated Charcoal (major), Grapefruit (major), St. John's Wort (major), Acacia Rigidula (moderate) and Adrafinil (moderate).

By severity: 3 major · 94 moderate · 41 minor.

From our pharmacist’s overview on the Sunitinib page

“St. John's wort is the first thing to strike from the shelf if you take sunitinib (Sutent), a targeted therapy for kidney cancer, GIST, and certain other tumors.”

Reviewed by 2 · Jul 18, 2026

Open the Sunitinib interaction page

One more smart check

Taking Safed Musli as Part of a Dietary Supplement Product? Check It for Interactions

We hold 117 real supplement products containing Safed Musli, each one broken down to its full ingredient list — and combination products often carry several ingredients besides Safed Musli. Even though Safed Musli itself has no known interaction with Sunitinib, 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 Safed Musli and Sunitinib 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 Safed Musli
Steady interest

#1,063 of 1,452 supplements looked up here in the last 7 days

29 days ago today
Medication Sunitinib
Top half

#1,350 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 Safed Musli reference on this page ↓
  • Freshness: we automatically re-check this combination every week — this pair was last verified September 20, 2026. The Safed Musli and Sunitinib records this page draws on were last updated June 22, 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 Safed Musli

What is Safed Musli?

  • Male sexual health and libido
  • General energy and vitality tonic
  • Physical strength and stamina
  • Postpartum and recovery support (traditional)
  • Aphrodisiac (Ayurvedic use)

Safed Musli is an Ayurvedic herb traditionally used as a tonic and aphrodisiac, especially for male sexual health and energy. Human evidence is limited and mostly preliminary, so its benefits are not well proven. Talk to your pharmacist or doctor before using it, and avoid it during pregnancy and breastfeeding due to a lack of safety data.

Chlorophytum borivilianum · Asparagaceae · Dried roots (tubers) · Powder (churna), capsules, tablets, and as an ingredient in herbal tonics

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

Safed Musli: dosing

There is no official, standardized dose for Safed Musli. Traditional preparations and commercial products vary widely in strength and form.The safest approach is to follow the directions on the product label and not exceed the recommended amount. Avoid guessing or taking large amounts in hopes of stronger effects.

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

Read the full Safed Musli monograph & all interactions
Medication

About Sunitinib

What Is Sunitinib Used For?

Brand name: Sutent

Sunitinib malate capsules and Sutent capsules are both approved to treat adult patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) after the cancer has progressed on or could not be tolerated with imatinib mesylate. Both are also used for advanced renal cell carcinoma (kidney cancer) and as adjuvant (preventive) treatment after surgery for adults at high risk of kidney cancer coming back. Additionally, both treat progressive, well-differentiated pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNET) that cannot be surgically removed or have spread.

See full Sunitinib drug information
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Other Drugs & Safed Musli

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

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Evidence & sources

Safed Musli References

The 1 references that drive our Safed Musli 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. Tripathi RK, Dethe PD, Bhojne SK, Raut AA, Rege NN. A prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind comparative pilot study to evaluate the efficacy of Chlorophytum borivilianum on physical performance. Indian J Pharmacol 2019;51(3):150-6. 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 Safed Musli and Sunitinib Together: Common Questions

Is it safe to take Safed Musli with Sunitinib?
We do not list a known interaction between Safed Musli and Sunitinib. 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 Sunitinib interact with any supplements?
Yes. Sunitinib has documented interactions with 138 supplements in our database — Safed Musli is not one of them. The Sunitinib 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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