Drug & supplement interaction

Schisandra + Mogamulizumab-kpkc

Mogamulizumab-kpkc brand name: Poteligeo.

No Known Interaction

Medically reviewed by Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS · Updated July 2026 · Pair last verified Sep 13, 2026

The bottom line No known interaction

We found no known interaction between Schisandra and Mogamulizumab-kpkc 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

Schisandra and Mogamulizumab-kpkc

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 Mogamulizumab-kpkc and Schisandra 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.

Schisandra safety at a glance

Schisandra overall Use caution Generally well tolerated short term in healthy adults, but high-quality safety data are limited.

Pregnancy Possibly Unsafe When used orally. Some evidence suggests schisandra fruit is a uterine stimulant. Read the full pregnancy detail

Breastfeeding Avoid There is not enough reliable safety information, so avoid it while breastfeeding.

Pregnancy & breastfeeding ratings are from Natural Medicines (Therapeutic Research Center) — the full detail is in the Special populations card below. Safety guidance is general; always confirm with your pharmacist or doctor for your situation.

Still wondering about combining Mogamulizumab-kpkc and Schisandra? Ask Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS directly ›

Keep it in perspective

Schisandra Does Interact With Other Medications

Schisandra has 803 moderate known drug interactions in our database — Mogamulizumab-kpkc isn’t one of them. If you take anything else, check it against the full list below.

Moderate 803 No known interaction 2,027 (incl. Mogamulizumab-kpkc)

Taking anything else?

Check Another of Your Medications Against Schisandra

Covers the 2,830 medications we’ve checked against Schisandra. Pick one to open its full report.

What to actually watch for

What Schisandra Itself Has Been Linked To

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

Hives Worth acting on Additional detail
“Orally, schisandra can cause urticaria in some patients (11).”

Schisandra · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in urticaria.
1 source cited

11. Leung AY, Foster S. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. 2nd ed. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1996.
Heartburn / Reduced appetite / Stomach upset Additional detail
“Orally, schisandra can cause heartburn, decreased appetite, and stomach upset (11).”

Schisandra · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in dyspepsia.
1 source cited

11. Leung AY, Foster S. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. 2nd ed. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1996.

Everything above comes from the Natural Medicines adverse-effect record for Schisandra — expand a row for the licensed statement it rests on. We read the ADVERSE REACTIONS section of Mogamulizumab-kpkc’s FDA label too, and the two lists don’t meaningfully overlap — which is why no Mogamulizumab-kpkc column appears here.

Special populations

Schisandra in Pregnancy & Breastfeeding

Pregnancy Possibly Unsafe

When used orally. Some evidence suggests schisandra fruit is a uterine stimulant.

DISCLAIMER: This tool is intended for informational purposes only, and should not be interpreted as specific medical advice. Patients should consult with a qualified healthcare provider before making decisions about therapies and/or health conditions.© 2026 Therapeutic Research Center

From our Q&A

Questions About Schisandra or Mogamulizumab-kpkc

These are real questions from readers, answered by the pharmacists at HelloPharmacist — written by a person, not generated from a database. Each one covers Schisandra or Mogamulizumab-kpkc, 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.

One more smart check

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

We hold 2,577 real supplement products containing Schisandra, each one broken down to its full ingredient list — and combination products often carry several ingredients besides Schisandra. Even though Schisandra itself has no known interaction with Mogamulizumab-kpkc, 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 Schisandra and Mogamulizumab-kpkc 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 Schisandra

Top 10%

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

29 days ago today

Medication Mogamulizumab-kpkc

Steady interest

#2,134 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 Schisandra reference on this page ↓
Freshness: we automatically re-check this combination every week — this pair was last verified September 13, 2026. The Schisandra and Mogamulizumab-kpkc records this page draws on were last updated July 11, 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 Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS.

Supplement

About Schisandra

What is Schisandra?

Fatigue and low energy
Stress and adaptogen support
Liver health
Mental focus and performance
Menopause symptoms
Respiratory complaints

Schisandra is a traditional Chinese medicine berry used as an adaptogen for stress, fatigue, and liver support. Human evidence is limited and most claims are not well proven, but it appears reasonably well tolerated by most healthy adults when used short term. Pregnant and breastfeeding people should avoid it, and anyone with a health condition should check with a pharmacist or doctor first.

Schisandra chinensis · Schisandraceae · Dried ripe fruit (berries) · Capsules, tablets, dried berries, tea, tinctures, liquid extracts, powders

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

Schisandra: dosing

There is no official, well-established standard dose of schisandra. The right amount depends on the product, the form (berries, extract, tincture, or capsule), and how it is standardized.The best approach is to follow the directions on the product label and not exceed the recommended amount.

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

Read the full Schisandra monograph & all interactions

Medication

About Mogamulizumab-kpkc Injection

What Is Mogamulizumab-kpkc Injection Used For?

Brand name: Poteligeo

Poteligeo (mogamulizumab-kpkc), given as an intravenous infusion, is approved to treat adults with relapsed or refractory mycosis fungoides (MF) or Sézary syndrome (SS) — two types of T-cell lymphoma that primarily affect the skin. "Relapsed or refractory" means the cancer has come back or stopped responding to prior treatment.

Poteligeo is used only after at least one prior systemic (whole-body) therapy has already been tried.

Most-Reported Side Effects for Mogamulizumab-kpkc

From FAERS, the FDA’s public side-effect reporting system (1,316 reports, all brands). Reports are voluntary and are not proof the drug caused the effect.

Rash 188 reports

Disease progression 119 reports

Drug eruption 77 reports

Pruritus 67 reports

Infusion related reaction 57 reports

See full Mogamulizumab-kpkc Injection drug information

Keep checking

Other Drugs & Schisandra

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

0Major

803Moderate

0Minor

2,026No known interaction

803 Moderate 2,026 No interaction

Moderate

803 interactions

Showing 60 of 803 moderate interactions — see all 803 on the Schisandra page.

No interaction 2,026 drugs checked — show the list

We also checked Schisandra against these medications and found no known interaction in our sources. Open any page to confirm.

Showing the 60 most looked-up of 2,026 medications checked with no known interaction — see the full Schisandra list.

See the full Schisandra interactions page

See every supplement checked against Mogamulizumab-kpkc, ranked by severity

Evidence & sources

Schisandra References

The 26 references that drive our Schisandra 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.

Leung AY, Foster S. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. 2nd ed. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1996.
Iwata H, Tezuka Y, Kadota S, et al. Identification and characterization of potent CYP3A4 inhibitors in Schisandra fruit extract. Drug Metab Dispos 2004;32:1351-8. PubMed
Mu Y, Zhang J, Zhang S, et al. Traditional Chinese medicines Wu Wei Zi (Schisandra chinensis Baill) and Gan Cao (Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch) activate pregnane X receptor and increase warfarin clearance in rats. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2006;316:1369-77. PubMed
Xin HW, Wu XC, Li Q, et al. Effects of Schisandra sphenanthera extract on the pharmacokinetics of tacrolimus in healthy volunteers. Br J Clin Pharmacol 2007;64:469-75.
Qin XL, Bi HC, Wang XD, et al. Mechanistic understanding of the different effects of Wuhzi Tablet (Schisandra sphenanthera extract) on the absorption and first-pass intestinal and hepatic metabolism of tacrolimus (FK506). Int J Pharm 2010;389:114-21.
Makino, T., Mizuno, F., and Mizukami, H. Does a kampo medicine containing schisandra fruit affect pharmacokinetics of nifedipine like grapefruit juice? Biol.Pharm.Bull. 2006;29(10):2065-2069. PubMed
Fan L, Mao XQ, Tao GY, Wang G, Jiang F, Chen Y, Li Q, Zhang W, Lei HP, Hu DL, Huang YF, Wang D, Zhou HH. Effect of Schisandra chinensis extract and Ginkgo biloba extract on the pharmacokinetics of talinolol in healthy volunteers. Xenobiotica. 2009 Mar;39(
Jiang W, Wang X, Xu X, Kong L. Effect of Schisandra sphenanthera extract on the concentration of tacrolimus in the blood of liver transplant patients. Int J Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2010 Mar;48(3):224-9. PubMed
Xin HW, Wu XC, Li Q, Yu AR, Xiong L. Effects of Schisandra sphenanthera extract on the pharmacokinetics of midazolam in healthy volunteers. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2009 May;67(5):541-6.
Li J, Chen S, Qin X, et at. Wuzhi Tablet (<i>Schisandra sphenanthera</i> Extract) is a Promising Tacrolimus-Sparing Agent for Renal Transplant Recipients Who are CYP3A5 Expressers: a Two-Phase Prospective Study. Drug Metab Dispos. 2017;45(11):1114-1119.
Qin XL, Li JL, Wang SH, Chen X, Huang M, Bi HC. Co-administration of Wuzhi tablet (Schisandra sphenanthera extract) alters tacrolimus pharmacokinetics in a dose- and time-dependent manner in rats. J Ethnopharmacol. 2020;263:113233. PubMed
Yuan F, Liang X, Chen X, Qin X, Tan C, Wang L. CYP2C19 is involved in the effect of Wuzhi tablet (Schisandra sphenanthera extract) and its constituents on the pharmacokinetics of intravenous voriconazole. Pharmazie. 2020;75(11):559-564. DOI
Zhang Z, Lu X, Dong L, Ma J, Fan X. Clinical observation on the effect of Wuzhi soft capsule on FK506 concentration in membranous nephropathy patients. Medicine (Baltimore). 2019;98(48):e18150. PubMed
Yoo HH, Lee M, Lee MW, Lim SY, Shin J, Kim DH. Effects of Schisandra lignans on P-glycoprotein-mediated drug efflux in human intestinal Caco-2. Planta Med. 2007;73(5):444-50.
Qiangrong P, Wang T, Lu Q, Hu X. Schisandrin B--a novel inhibitor of P-glycoprotein. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2005;335(2):406-11. PubMed
Chen L, Ji N, Zhang M, Chen W. The influence of Wuzhi capsule on the pharmacokinetics of cyclophosphamide. Recent Pat Anticancer Drug Discov 2021. PubMed
Cheng X, Ma J, Xu X, Zhang L, Wang X, Wu R. Effect of Wuzhi capsules on cyclosporine A concentration in children with aplastic anemia immunotherapy: a single-center observational study. Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol 2022:1-5. PubMed
Cheng F, Li Q, Wang J, Zeng F, Zhang Y. Effects and safety evaluation of Wuzhi capsules combined with tacrolimus for the treatment of kidney transplantation recipients. J Clin Pharm Ther 2021;46(6):1636-49. PubMed
Teng F, Wang W, Zhang W, et al. Effect of hepar-protecting Wuzhi capsule on pharmacokinetics and dose-effect character of tacrolimus in healthy volunteers. Biopharm Drug Dispos 2022.
Kou K, Sun X, Li M, et al. Beneficial effects of Wuzhi capsule on tacrolimus blood concentrations in liver transplant patients with different donor-recipient CYP3A5 genotypes. J Clin Pharm Ther 2022;47(2):200-10. PubMed
Peng Y, Jiang F, Zhou R, et al. Clinical evaluation of the efficacy and safety of co-administration of Wuzhi capsule and tacrolimus in adult Chinese patients with myasthenia gravis. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat 2021;17:2281-9. PubMed
Chen P, Dai R, She Y, et al. Prediction of tacrolimus and Wuzhi tablet pharmacokinetic interaction magnitude in renal transplant recipients. Clin Transplant 2022;36(12):e14807. PubMed
Qu J, Bian R, Liu B, et al. The pharmacokinetic study of tacrolimus and Wuzhi capsule in Chinese liver transplant patients. Front Pharmacol 2022;13:956166. PubMed
Zhou Y, Huang X, Liu L, et al. Effect of Wuzhi preparations on tacrolimus in CYP3A5 expressers during the early period after transplantation: A real-life experience from heart transplant recipients. Transpl Immunol 2023;76:101748. PubMed
Huang Q, Lin X, Wang Y, et al. Tacrolimus pharmacokinetics in pediatric nephrotic syndrome: A combination of population pharmacokinetic modelling and machine learning approaches to improve individual prediction. Front Pharmacol 2022;13:942129. PubMed
Wang CB, Zhang YJ, Zhao MM, Zhao LM. Population pharmacokinetic analyses of tacrolimus in non-transplant patients: a systematic review. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 2023;79(7):897-913. 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 Schisandra and Mogamulizumab-kpkc Together: Common Questions

Is it safe to take Schisandra with Mogamulizumab-kpkc?

We do not list a known interaction between Schisandra and Mogamulizumab-kpkc. 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 Schisandra interact with any other medications?

Yes. Schisandra has 803 documented drug interactions in our database — Mogamulizumab-kpkc 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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