Drug & supplement interaction

Slippery Elm + abatacept

abatacept brand name: Orencia.

No Known Interaction
Medically reviewed by · Updated July 2026 · Pair last verified Sep 13, 2026
The bottom line No known interaction

We found no known interaction between Slippery Elm and abatacept 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

Slippery Elm and abatacept

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 abatacept and Slippery Elm 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.

Slippery Elm safety at a glance

Slippery Elm overall Use caution Generally well tolerated for short-term use, but high-quality safety data are limited.
Pregnancy Use caution Not enough reliable safety data; some sources caution against using it during pregnancy.
Breastfeeding Use caution There is too little information on safety while breastfeeding, so caution is advised.

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

Still wondering about combining abatacept and Slippery Elm? Ask Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS directly ›
How we checked

Why No Interaction Is Listed for abatacept

Interactions in our licensed database are recorded against drug classes, not just single drug names. abatacept is filed under a single classification — immunosuppressants. Slippery Elm has documented interactions with 1 drug class — the most serious being oral drugs (moderate) — and none of abatacept’s classifications are among them.

Classification data comes from our licensed Natural Medicines dataset. A medication can belong to classes beyond those recorded there, so this describes how the check was run — it is not a safety guarantee.

Keep it in perspective

Slippery Elm Does Interact With Other Medications

Slippery Elm has 2,022 moderate known drug interactions in our database — abatacept isn’t one of them. If you take anything else, check it against the full list below.

Moderate 2,022 No known interaction 808 (incl. abatacept)
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What to actually watch for

No Interaction Found — But Data Suggests Slippery Elm and abatacept 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. One of them is worth acting on rather than waiting out — marked below.

  • Hives Worth acting on Additional detail

    Slippery Elm

    “Topically, slippery elm extracts can cause contact dermatitis. The pollen is an allergen (6). Contact dermatitis and urticaria have been reported after exposure to slippery elm or an oleoresin contained in the slippery elm bark.”

    Slippery Elm · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in dermatitis.

    2 sources cited
    1. 6. The Review of Natural Products by Facts and Comparisons. St. Louis, MO: Wolters Kluwer Co., 1999.
    2. 75131. Czarnecki D, Nixon R, Bekhor P, and et al. Delayed prolonged contact urticaria from the elm tree. Contact Dermatitis 1993;28:196-197. PubMed

    abatacept

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

  • A skin rash Additional detail

    Slippery Elm

    Recorded for Slippery Elm in the same Natural Medicines adverse-effect record shown under Hives above.

    abatacept

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

Effects for abatacept come from the ADVERSE REACTIONS section of its FDA label; effects for Slippery Elm come from the Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, quoted above. Wording is matched across sources by our own clinical vocabulary, so treat this as a prompt to pay attention, not a diagnosis.

From our Q&A

Questions About Slippery Elm or abatacept

These are real questions from readers, answered by the pharmacists at HelloPharmacist — written by a person, not generated from a database. Each one covers Slippery Elm or abatacept, 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.

Everything else you take

See Every Supplement That Interacts With abatacept

This page covers Slippery Elm only. If you take other supplements — a multivitamin, a sleep aid, something for joints — the abatacept page lists 53 supplements it has a documented interaction with, worst first, each one explained.

The most serious there right now: Active Hexose Correlated Compound (ahcc) (moderate), Alfalfa (moderate), American Ginseng (moderate), Andrographis (moderate) and Ashwagandha (moderate).

By severity: 52 moderate · 1 minor.

From our pharmacist’s overview on the abatacept page

“Abatacept (Orencia) treats rheumatoid arthritis and related conditions by dialing down immune activity, so the supplements that matter here are the ones pulling in the opposite direction. All 53 ingredients on this list share that single theme: herbs and mushrooms with immune-stimulating properties, echinacea, ashwagandha, and astragal…”

Reviewed by 2 · Jul 18, 2026

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One more smart check

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

We hold 1,490 real supplement products containing Slippery Elm, each one broken down to its full ingredient list — and combination products often carry several ingredients besides Slippery Elm. Even though Slippery Elm itself has no known interaction with abatacept, 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 Slippery Elm and abatacept 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 Slippery Elm
Top 10%

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

29 days ago today
Medication abatacept
Steady interest

#2,238 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 Slippery Elm reference on this page ↓
  • Freshness: we automatically re-check this combination every week — this pair was last verified September 13, 2026. The Slippery Elm and abatacept 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 .
Supplement

About Slippery Elm

What is Slippery Elm?

Slippery Elm
  • Sore throat and cough
  • Heartburn and acid reflux
  • Digestive upset and IBS
  • Skin irritation (topical)
  • Constipation or diarrhea

Slippery elm is a traditional herbal remedy made from the inner bark of a North American elm tree, used mainly to soothe sore throats and irritated digestive tracts. Its mucilage can coat and calm mucous membranes, but solid human evidence for most uses is limited. It is generally considered low-risk for short-term use, but you should still check with your pharmacist or doctor first.

Ulmus rubra · Ulmaceae · Inner bark · Capsules, tablets, lozenges, powder, tea, throat lozenges, topical pastes

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

Slippery Elm: dosing

There is no official standardized dose for slippery elm. The right amount can vary depending on the form (lozenge, capsule, powder, or tea) and the product.The safest approach is to follow the directions on the product label. When using the powder or capsules, take them with a full glass of water.

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

Read the full Slippery Elm monograph & all interactions
Medication

About Abatacept Injection

What Is Abatacept Injection Used For?

Brand name: Orencia

Orencia is approved for adults with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and adults and children 2 years and older with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA) or moderately to severely active polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (pJIA) — a type of arthritis that affects multiple joints in children.

Orencia is also used, alongside two other medicines (a calcineurin inhibitor and methotrexate), to prevent acute graft versus host disease (aGVHD) — a serious immune reaction — in adults and children 2 and older who receive a stem cell transplant from an unrelated donor.

See full Abatacept Injection drug information
Keep checking

Other Drugs & Slippery Elm

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

0Major
2,022Moderate
0Minor
807No known interaction
2,022 Moderate 807 No interaction
Moderate

2,022 interactions

Showing 60 of 2,022 moderate interactions — see all 2,022 on the Slippery Elm page.

No interaction 807 drugs checked — show the list

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

Showing the 60 most looked-up of 807 medications checked with no known interaction — see the full Slippery Elm list.

See the full Slippery Elm interactions page
See every supplement checked against abatacept, ranked by severity
Evidence & sources

Slippery Elm References

The 3 references that drive our Slippery Elm 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. The Review of Natural Products by Facts and Comparisons. St. Louis, MO: Wolters Kluwer Co., 1999.
  2. Brinker F. Herb Contraindications and Drug Interactions. 2nd ed. Sandy, OR: Eclectic Medical Publications, 1998.
  3. Czarnecki D, Nixon R, Bekhor P, and et al. Delayed prolonged contact urticaria from the elm tree. Contact Dermatitis 1993;28:196-197. 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 Slippery Elm and abatacept Together: Common Questions

Is it safe to take Slippery Elm with abatacept?
We do not list a known interaction between Slippery Elm and abatacept. 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 Slippery Elm and abatacept have any of the same side effects?
Yes — our sources link each of them separately to 2 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.
How was the Slippery Elm and abatacept combination checked?
Interactions in our licensed database are recorded against drug classes. abatacept is filed under 1 classification, and Slippery Elm has documented interactions with 1 drug class — none of abatacept's classifications are among them. A medication can belong to classes beyond those recorded in our dataset, so this describes how the check was run rather than guaranteeing safety.
Does Slippery Elm interact with any other medications?
Yes. Slippery Elm has 2,022 documented drug interactions in our database — abatacept is simply not one of them. If you take anything else, it is worth checking each one; they are all listed on this page.
Does abatacept interact with any supplements?
Yes. abatacept has documented interactions with 53 supplements in our database — Slippery Elm is not one of them. The abatacept 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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