Drug & supplement interaction

Urine Therapy + nilotinib

nilotinib brand name: Tasigna.

No Known Interaction

Medically reviewed by Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS · Updated June 2026 · Pair last verified Sep 20, 2026

The bottom line No known interaction

We found no known interaction between Urine Therapy and nilotinib 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

Urine Therapy and nilotinib

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 nilotinib and Urine Therapy 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 Urine Therapy at all — not against nilotinib, 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.

Urine Therapy safety at a glance

Urine Therapy overall Avoid No proven benefit and a real risk of infection, dehydration, and toxicity.

Pregnancy Avoid Not safe and offers no proven benefit during pregnancy.

Breastfeeding Avoid Not safe and offers no proven benefit while breastfeeding.

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

Still wondering about combining nilotinib and Urine Therapy? Ask Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS directly ›

What to actually watch for

What nilotinib’s Own FDA Label Lists

This is not an interaction — none of it involves Urine Therapy. These are the most notable effects listed in the ADVERSE REACTIONS section of nilotinib’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.

An electrolyte imbalance Worth acting on
Low magnesium Worth acting on
A change in thyroid levels Worth acting on
Hearing loss Worth acting on
A stroke or mini-stroke Worth acting on
Pain or burning when passing urine Worth acting on
Muscle weakness Worth acting on
Memory problems Worth acting on
Dehydration Worth acting on
Bleeding in the gut Worth acting on

Showing the 10 most notable of 92 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 nilotinib. Read the label on DailyMed › Urine Therapy’s licensed record lists no adverse effects our clinical vocabulary could match, so there is no Urine Therapy side to compare — that is a limit of the record, not a statement that Urine Therapy has no side effects.

Everything else you take

See Every Supplement That Interacts With nilotinib

This page covers Urine Therapy only. If you take other supplements — a multivitamin, a sleep aid, something for joints — the nilotinib page lists 221 supplements it has a documented interaction with, worst first, each one explained.

The most serious there right now: Activated Charcoal (major), American Hellebore (major), Arsenic (major), Beer (major) and Cesium (major).

By severity: 11 major · 176 moderate · 34 minor.

From our pharmacist’s overview on the nilotinib page

“Nilotinib (Tasigna) is a targeted therapy for chronic myeloid leukemia, cleared by the liver enzyme CYP3A4 and known to affect heart rhythm, so its supplement list calls for genuine care. Eleven of the 221 ingredients here carry a major rating, and those belong at the top of your reading.”

Reviewed by 2 · Jul 18, 2026

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How much people look this up

Where Urine Therapy and nilotinib 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 Urine Therapy

Steady interest

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

29 days ago today

Medication nilotinib

Steady interest

#1,995 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. Urine Therapy is not yet covered by that licensed database, so its write-up cites publicly available medical sources directly (see the references below).
Citation library: 103,510 references behind our interaction content, 65,311 of them resolved to verified PubMed/DOI sources. See every Urine Therapy reference on this page ↓
Freshness: we automatically re-check this combination every week — this pair was last verified September 20, 2026. The Urine Therapy and nilotinib 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 Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS.

Supplement

About Urine Therapy

What is Urine Therapy?

General wellness and detox beliefs
Skin conditions
Wound or rash care
Allergies
Cancer (alternative use)
Infections

Urine therapy is a practice of drinking or applying one's own urine, promoted in some traditional and alternative health circles. There is no reliable scientific evidence that it treats or prevents any disease, and drinking urine can cause harm. We do not recommend it.

Human urine (one's own) · Drinking fresh urine, skin application, gargling, eye or ear drops

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

Urine Therapy: dosing

There is no established or safe dose for urine therapy because it is not a recognized medical treatment. There are safer, evidence-based options for nearly every condition people use it for.

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

Read the full Urine Therapy monograph & all interactions

Medication

About Nilotinib

What Is Nilotinib Used For?

Brand name: Tasigna

Nilotinib is used to treat certain types of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML; a type of cancer of the white blood cells) who have recently found to have this condition in adults and children 1 year of age and older. It is also used to treat certain types of CML in adults whose disease could not be treated successfully with imatinib (Gleevec) or adults who cannot take imatinib because of side effects. Nilotinib is also used to treat certain types of CML in children 1 year of age or older whose disease could not be treated successfully with other tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapies or who cannot take these medications because of side effects. Nilotinib is in a class of medications called kinase inhibitors. It works by blocking the action of the abnormal protein that signals cancer cells to multiply. This helps to stop or slow the spread of cancer cells.

See full Nilotinib drug information

Keep checking

Other Drugs & Urine Therapy

Browse every other medication we’ve checked against Urine Therapy — 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 Urine Therapy 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 Urine Therapy list.

See the full Urine Therapy interactions page

See every supplement checked against nilotinib, ranked by severity

Evidence & sources

Urine Therapy References

The 2 sources that drive our Urine Therapy monograph — publicly available pages from reputable medical and government organizations. Every link was verified to work before publishing. Urine Therapy is not covered by the licensed Natural Medicines interaction database, so its page cites these public sources directly.

Urine and urination — MedlinePlus (NIH) Source
Urinary Tract Infections — Cleveland Clinic Source

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 Urine Therapy and nilotinib Together: Common Questions

Is it safe to take Urine Therapy with nilotinib?

We do not list a known interaction between Urine Therapy and nilotinib. 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 nilotinib interact with any supplements?

Yes. nilotinib has documented interactions with 221 supplements in our database — Urine Therapy is not one of them. The nilotinib 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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