Drug & supplement interaction

Tronadora + Atazanavir, Cobicistat

Atazanavir, Cobicistat brand name: Evotaz.

No Known Interaction
The bottom line No known interaction

We found no known interaction between Tronadora and Atazanavir, Cobicistat 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 Atazanavir, Cobicistat 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

Tronadora and Atazanavir, Cobicistat

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 Atazanavir, Cobicistat and Tronadora 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.

Tronadora safety at a glance

Tronadora overall Use caution Limited human safety data; may affect blood sugar, so use with care and medical guidance.
Pregnancy Avoid Not enough safety information; avoid during pregnancy.
Breastfeeding Avoid No reliable safety data while breastfeeding; best avoided.

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

Still wondering about combining Atazanavir, Cobicistat and Tronadora? Ask Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS directly ›
How we checked

Why No Interaction Is Listed for Atazanavir, Cobicistat

Interactions in our licensed database are recorded against drug classes, not just single drug names. Atazanavir, Cobicistat is filed under 7 classifications — including protease inhibitors (pis), cytochrome p450 2c9 (cyp2c9) inhibitors, cytochrome p450 1a2 (cyp1a2) inhibitors. Tronadora has documented interactions with 1 drug class — the most serious being antidiabetes drugs (moderate) — and none of Atazanavir, Cobicistat’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

Tronadora Does Interact With Other Medications

Tronadora has 86 moderate known drug interactions in our database — Atazanavir, Cobicistat isn’t one of them. If you take anything else, check it against the full list below.

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What to actually watch for

No Interaction Found — But Data Suggests Tronadora and Atazanavir, Cobicistat May Share a Side Effect

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.

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    Tronadora

    “There is currently a limited amount of information available about adverse effects of tronadora. Topically, tronadora might cause allergic dermatitis.”

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

    1 source cited
    1. 96666. Lakshmi C. Fingertip eczema to pooja flowers: Allergic contact dermatitis to Tabernaemontana divaricata and Tecoma stans. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. 2015;81(5):514-6. PubMed

    “Topically, tronadora might cause allergic dermatitis. In one case report, an Indian woman that regularly plucked tronadora flowers as part of her morning pooja ritual developed allergic dermatitis.”

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

    1 source cited
    1. 96666. Lakshmi C. Fingertip eczema to pooja flowers: Allergic contact dermatitis to Tabernaemontana divaricata and Tecoma stans. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. 2015;81(5):514-6. PubMed

    Atazanavir, Cobicistat

    Listed in the ADVERSE REACTIONS section of the FDA label for Atazanavir, Cobicistat. Read the label on DailyMed ›

Effects for Atazanavir, Cobicistat come from the ADVERSE REACTIONS section of its FDA label; effects for Tronadora 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.

How to take them

Some Atazanavir, Cobicistat Products Have a Food Rule — Tronadora Should Not Break It

At least one FDA label for a product containing Atazanavir, Cobicistat says to take it with food. If you take Tronadora on an empty stomach out of habit, keep them separate — and take Atazanavir, Cobicistat 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 Atazanavir, Cobicistat 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.

(2.1) • Recommended dosage: One tablet once daily, taken orally with food in adults and pediatric patients weighing at least 35 kg.

From the Dosage and Administration section of the FDA label we read for Atazanavir, Cobicistat — 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 Atazanavir, Cobicistat

This page covers Tronadora only. If you take other supplements — a multivitamin, a sleep aid, something for joints — the Atazanavir, Cobicistat page lists 152 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 · 107 moderate · 42 minor.

From our pharmacist’s overview on the Atazanavir, Cobicistat page

“Evotaz (atazanavir with cobicistat) treats HIV, and its effectiveness depends on steady blood levels, so I read this list of 152 supplements and herbs carefully rather than casually. Only three carry a major rating, but those three deserve your attention first: St.”

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How much people look this up

Where Tronadora and Atazanavir, Cobicistat 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 Tronadora
Steady interest

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

29 days ago today
Medication Atazanavir, Cobicistat
Top 25%

#286 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 Tronadora reference on this page ↓
  • Freshness: we automatically re-check this combination every week — this pair was last verified September 27, 2026. The Tronadora and Atazanavir, Cobicistat 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 Tronadora

What is Tronadora?

  • Blood sugar control / diabetes
  • Digestive complaints
  • Mild fever
  • Yeast or fungal concerns
  • Traditional 'tonic' use

Tronadora (Tecoma stans) is a flowering shrub used in Mexican and Latin American folk medicine, most often as a tea for diabetes and digestive complaints. Human evidence is very limited, so it should not replace proven treatments. Because it may affect blood sugar and its safety is not well studied, talk to your pharmacist or doctor before using it—and avoid it during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

Tecoma stans · Bignoniaceae · Leaves, flowers, and sometimes roots and bark · Tea (infusion), dried herb, capsules, liquid extracts

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

Tronadora: dosing

There is no established, standardized dose for Tronadora. Traditional use is often as a tea made from the dried leaves or flowers, but the amount of active compounds can vary a lot between products and batches.If you choose to use it, follow the directions on the product label and start low.

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

Read the full Tronadora monograph & all interactions
Medication

About Atazanavir and Cobicistat

What Is Atazanavir and Cobicistat Used For?

Brand name: Evotaz

Evotaz (atazanavir/cobicistat) is used to treat HIV-1 infection. It must always be taken together with other antiretroviral medicines — it is not a complete regimen on its own. It is approved for adults and for pediatric patients who weigh at least 35 kg.

In patients who have been on HIV treatment before (treatment-experienced), how well Evotaz works depends on how much resistance to protease inhibitors the virus has already developed. Your prescriber will review this before starting you on Evotaz.

See full Atazanavir and Cobicistat drug information
Keep checking

Other Drugs & Tronadora

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

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86Moderate
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2,743No known interaction
Moderate

86 interactions

Showing 60 of 86 moderate interactions — see all 86 on the Tronadora page.

No interaction 2,743 drugs checked — show the list
Evidence & sources

Tronadora References

The 7 references that drive our Tronadora 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. Costantino L, Raimondi L, Pirisino R, et al. Isolation and pharmacological activities of the Tecoma stans alkaloids. Farmaco 2003;58:781-5. PubMed
  2. Meckes-Lozoya M, Ibanez-Camacho R. Hepatic glycogenolysis produced by intraperitoneal administration of total extract of Tecoma stans in rats. Arch Invest Med (Mex) 1985;16:387-9.
  3. Roman-Ramos R, Flores-Saenz JL, Partida-Hernandez G, et al. Experimental study of the hypoglycemic effect of some antidiabetic plants. Arch Invest Med (Mex) 1991;22:87-93.
  4. Lakshmi C. Fingertip eczema to pooja flowers: Allergic contact dermatitis to Tabernaemontana divaricata and Tecoma stans. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. 2015;81(5):514-6. PubMed
  5. Pascoe-González S, Ramos-Zavala MG, Buenrostro Ahued MA, et al. Administration of herbarium mixture (Guazuma ulmifolia/Tecoma stans) on metabolic profile in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. J Med Foo
  6. Gupta A, Behl T, Sehgal A, et al. Elucidating the neuroprotective effect of Tecoma stans leaf extract in STZ-induced diabetic neuropathy. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 2022;2022:3833392. PubMed
  7. Morales-Ferra DL, Zavala-Sánchez MÁ, Jiménez-Ferrer E, González-Cortazar M, Zamilpa A. Effect of Tecoma stans (L.) Juss. ex Kunth in a murine model of metabolic syndrome. Plants (Basel) 2022;11(14):1794. 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 Tronadora and Atazanavir, Cobicistat Together: Common Questions

Is it safe to take Tronadora with Atazanavir, Cobicistat?
We do not list a known interaction between Tronadora and Atazanavir, Cobicistat. 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 Tronadora and Atazanavir, Cobicistat have any of the same side effects?
Yes — our sources link each of them separately to one 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 Tronadora and Atazanavir, Cobicistat at the same time of day?
At least one FDA label for a product containing Atazanavir, Cobicistat says to take it with food. If you take Tronadora on an empty stomach out of habit, keep them separate and take Atazanavir, Cobicistat with a meal where the label says to. Food instructions belong to the product rather than the ingredient — two Atazanavir, Cobicistat products can differ — so check the directions on your own box. This is about absorption, not an interaction.
How was the Tronadora and Atazanavir, Cobicistat combination checked?
Interactions in our licensed database are recorded against drug classes. Atazanavir, Cobicistat is filed under 7 classifications, and Tronadora has documented interactions with 1 drug class — none of Atazanavir, Cobicistat'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 Tronadora interact with any other medications?
Yes. Tronadora has 86 documented drug interactions in our database — Atazanavir, Cobicistat 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 Atazanavir, Cobicistat interact with any supplements?
Yes. Atazanavir, Cobicistat has documented interactions with 152 supplements in our database — Tronadora is not one of them. The Atazanavir, Cobicistat 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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