Drug & supplement interaction

Sweet Cherry + Ethambutol

Ethambutol brand names: Myambutol, Etibi.

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

We found no known interaction between Sweet Cherry and Ethambutol 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 label for Ethambutol states a food rule worth keeping to, and 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

Sweet Cherry and Ethambutol

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 Ethambutol and Sweet Cherry 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 Sweet Cherry at all — not against Ethambutol, 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.

Sweet Cherry safety at a glance

Sweet Cherry overall Generally safe Sweet cherry is widely eaten as food and is generally well tolerated for most people.
Pregnancy Likely Safe When the fruit is consumed in amounts commonly found in foods. There is insufficient reliable information available about the safety of sweet cherry when used i... Read the full pregnancy detail
Breastfeeding Likely Safe When the fruit is consumed in amounts commonly found in foods. There is insufficient reliable information available about the safety of sweet cherry when used i... Read the full breastfeeding detail

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 Ethambutol and Sweet Cherry? Ask Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS directly ›
What to actually watch for

No Interaction Found — But Data Suggests Sweet Cherry and Ethambutol 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. 2 of them are worth acting on rather than waiting out — marked below.

  • A severe allergic reaction / An allergic reaction Worth acting on Additional detail

    Sweet Cherry

    “Orally, sweet cherry can cause allergic reactions in sensitive patients. These reactions can range from mucosal irritation to urticaria, angioedema, dyspnea, cough, and gastrointestinal symptoms.”

    Sweet Cherry · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in cough.

    1 source cited
    1. 14057. Ballmer-Weber BK, Scheurer S, Fritsche P, et al. Component-resolved diagnosis with recombinant allergens in patients with cherry allergy. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2002;110:167-73. PubMed

    Ethambutol

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

Reported for Sweet Cherry but not commonly for Ethambutol: hives, shortness of breath and cough.

Effects for Ethambutol come from the ADVERSE REACTIONS section of its FDA label; effects for Sweet Cherry 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.

Special populations

Sweet Cherry in Pregnancy & Breastfeeding

Pregnancy And Lactation Likely Safe

When the fruit is consumed in amounts commonly found in foods. There is insufficient reliable information available about the safety of sweet cherry when used in medicinal amounts during pregnancy or lactation.

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

How to take them

Some Ethambutol Products Have a Food Rule — Sweet Cherry Should Not Break It

At least one FDA label for a product containing Ethambutol says to take it with food. If you take Sweet Cherry on an empty stomach out of habit, keep them separate — and take Ethambutol with a meal where the label says to.

This may not be true of your version. Food instructions belong to the product, not the ingredient: two Ethambutol products can carry different directions, and extended-release forms often differ from immediate-release ones. The label we read is quoted below — check the directions on your own box or bottle, or ask your pharmacist, for how to take the exact product you were given.

Absorption is not significantly altered by administration with food.

From the Dosage and Administration section of the FDA label we read for Ethambutol — where that label names a specific product, the instruction is that product's. Read the label on DailyMed ›

A food rule is not an interaction — it is about how much of the medicine you absorb. The directions that came with your own product, and your pharmacist, outrank anything on this page.

Everything else you take

See Every Supplement That Interacts With Ethambutol

This page covers Sweet Cherry only. If you take other supplements — a multivitamin, a sleep aid, something for joints — the Ethambutol page lists 17 supplements it has a documented interaction with, worst first, each one explained.

The most serious there right now: Activated Charcoal (major), Coffee Charcoal (moderate), European Mandrake (moderate), Glucomannan (moderate) and Guar Gum (moderate).

By severity: 1 major · 7 moderate · 9 minor.

Open the Ethambutol interaction page

One more smart check

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

We hold 493 real supplement products containing Sweet Cherry, each one broken down to its full ingredient list — and combination products often carry several ingredients besides Sweet Cherry. Even though Sweet Cherry itself has no known interaction with Ethambutol, 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 Sweet Cherry and Ethambutol 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 Sweet Cherry
Top half

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

29 days ago today
Medication Ethambutol
Steady interest

#2,234 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 Sweet Cherry reference on this page ↓
  • Freshness: we automatically re-check this combination every week — this pair was last verified September 20, 2026. The Sweet Cherry and Ethambutol 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.
Data structure & sourcing designed and verified by .
Supplement

About Sweet Cherry

What is Sweet Cherry?

  • Joint pain and gout
  • Exercise recovery and muscle soreness
  • Sleep support
  • General antioxidant support
  • Inflammation

Sweet cherry (Prunus avium) is a popular fruit rich in antioxidants and natural plant pigments, and it is sometimes used as a supplement for gout, sore muscles, and sleep. The research that exists is mostly small or uses tart cherry rather than sweet cherry, so benefits are not well proven. Eaten as food, cherries are very safe, but talk to your pharmacist or doctor before using concentrated supplements.

Prunus avium · Rosaceae · Fruit (and fruit juice or extract); stems are used traditionally · Fresh or dried fruit, juice, juice concentrate, capsules, powders, and extracts

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

Sweet Cherry: dosing

There is no official or standardized dose for sweet cherry as a supplement. Studies have used different forms and amounts, and most used tart cherry, so the right dose for sweet cherry is not established.If you use a cherry juice, concentrate, powder, or capsule, follow the directions on the product label. Do not assume more is better.

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

Read the full Sweet Cherry monograph & all interactions
Medication

About Ethambutol

What Is Ethambutol Used For?

Brand names: Myambutol, Etibi

Ethambutol hydrochloride tablets are used to treat pulmonary tuberculosis — TB that affects the lungs. It must always be taken with at least one other anti-TB medication, never on its own.

For people being treated for TB for the first time, ethambutol is commonly paired with isoniazid, or with isoniazid and streptomycin. For people who have been treated for TB before, it is combined with other second-line anti-TB drugs chosen based on which medicines the bacteria are still sensitive to.

See full Ethambutol drug information
Keep checking

Other Drugs & Sweet Cherry

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

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No interaction 2,829 drugs checked — show the list

We also checked Sweet Cherry 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 Sweet Cherry list.

See the full Sweet Cherry interactions page
See every supplement checked against Ethambutol, ranked by severity
Evidence & sources

Sweet Cherry References

The 3 references that drive our Sweet Cherry 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. Serrano M, Guillen F, Martinez-Romero D, et al. Chemical constiuents and antioxidant activity of sweet cherry at different ripening stages. J Agric Food Chem 2005;53:2741-5.
  2. Ballmer-Weber BK, Scheurer S, Fritsche P, et al. Component-resolved diagnosis with recombinant allergens in patients with cherry allergy. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2002;110:167-73. PubMed
  3. Goncalves B, Landbo AK, Knudsen D, et al. Effect of ripeness and postharvest storage on the phenolic profiles of Cherries (Prunus avium L.). J Agric Food Chem 2004;52:523-30.

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 Sweet Cherry and Ethambutol Together: Common Questions

Is it safe to take Sweet Cherry with Ethambutol?
We do not list a known interaction between Sweet Cherry and Ethambutol. 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 Sweet Cherry and Ethambutol 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.
Should I take Sweet Cherry and Ethambutol at the same time of day?
At least one FDA label for a product containing Ethambutol says to take it with food. If you take Sweet Cherry on an empty stomach out of habit, keep them separate and take Ethambutol with a meal where the label says to. Food instructions belong to the product rather than the ingredient — two Ethambutol products can differ — so check the directions on your own box. This is about absorption, not an interaction.
Does Ethambutol interact with any supplements?
Yes. Ethambutol has documented interactions with 17 supplements in our database — Sweet Cherry is not one of them. The Ethambutol interaction page linked on this page lists every one, ranked by severity.

Written and reviewed by the HelloPharmacist editorial staff. Our editorial policy

Where next

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