Drug & supplement interaction

White Dead Nettle Flower + Isotretinoin

Isotretinoin brand names: Accutane, Amnesteem, Claravis, Sotret, Absorica, and others.

No Known Interaction
Medically reviewed by · Updated July 2026 · Pair last verified Sep 27, 2026
The bottom line No known interaction

We found no known interaction between White Dead Nettle Flower and Isotretinoin 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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White Dead Nettle Flower and Isotretinoin

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 Isotretinoin and White Dead Nettle Flower 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 White Dead Nettle Flower at all — not against Isotretinoin, 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.

White Dead Nettle Flower safety at a glance

White Dead Nettle... overall Use caution Traditionally considered mild, but human safety and effectiveness data are limited.
Pregnancy Avoid Not enough safety information, so it is best avoided during pregnancy.
Breastfeeding Avoid Safety while breastfeeding is unknown, so avoid use to be cautious.

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

Still wondering about combining Isotretinoin and White Dead Nettle Flower? Ask Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS directly ›
What to actually watch for

What Isotretinoin’s Own FDA Label Lists

This is not an interaction — none of it involves White Dead Nettle Flower. These are the most notable effects listed in the ADVERSE REACTIONS section of Isotretinoin’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.

  • Thoughts of self-harm Worth acting on mentioned in 4.5% of FDA reports for Isotretinoin
  • Low mood Worth acting on mentioned in 12.1% of FDA reports for Isotretinoin
  • Bone thinning Worth acting on
  • Severe muscle breakdown Worth acting on
  • Hallucinations Worth acting on
  • Pancreatitis Worth acting on
  • Fainting Worth acting on
  • Wheezing Worth acting on
  • A severe skin reaction Worth acting on
  • Seizures Worth acting on

Showing the 10 most notable of 56 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 Isotretinoin. Read the label on DailyMed › Where a percentage is shown, it is the share of 46,523 voluntary FDA FAERS reports for Isotretinoin that mention that effect — a reporting proportion, not an incidence rate and not evidence the drug caused it. White Dead Nettle Flower’s licensed record lists no adverse effects our clinical vocabulary could match, so there is no White Dead Nettle Flower side to compare — that is a limit of the record, not a statement that White Dead Nettle Flower has no side effects.

From our Q&A

Questions About White Dead Nettle Flower or Isotretinoin

These are real questions from readers, answered by the pharmacists at HelloPharmacist — written by a person, not generated from a database. Each one covers White Dead Nettle Flower or Isotretinoin, 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:

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Everything else you take

See Every Supplement That Interacts With Isotretinoin

This page covers White Dead Nettle Flower only. If you take other supplements — a multivitamin, a sleep aid, something for joints — the Isotretinoin page lists 49 supplements it has a documented interaction with, worst first, each one explained.

The most serious there right now: Activated Charcoal (major), Vitamin A (major), African Wild Potato (moderate), Alfalfa (moderate) and Angelica Archangelica (moderate).

By severity: 2 major · 35 moderate · 12 minor.

From our pharmacist’s overview on the Isotretinoin page

“Vitamin A is the first thing anyone on isotretinoin (Accutane, Absorica, Claravis) should check their supplements for, because isotretinoin is itself a vitamin A derivative and stacking more on top can push levels into toxic range. It is one of two major-rated entries among the 49 supplements and herbs known to interact with this acne…”

Reviewed by 2 · Jul 18, 2026

Open the Isotretinoin interaction page

One more smart check

Taking White Dead Nettle Flower as Part of a Dietary Supplement Product? Check It for Interactions

We hold 3 real supplement products containing White Dead Nettle Flower, each one broken down to its full ingredient list — and combination products often carry several ingredients besides White Dead Nettle Flower. Even though White Dead Nettle Flower itself has no known interaction with Isotretinoin, 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 White Dead Nettle Flower and Isotretinoin 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 White Dead Nettle Flower
Steady interest

#1,267 of 1,452 supplements looked up here in the last 7 days

29 days ago today
Medication Isotretinoin
Top 10

#10 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 White Dead Nettle Flower reference on this page ↓
  • Freshness: we automatically re-check this combination every week — this pair was last verified September 27, 2026. The White Dead Nettle Flower and Isotretinoin 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 White Dead Nettle Flower

What is White Dead Nettle Flower?

  • Menstrual complaints
  • Mild digestive upset
  • Sore throat and coughs
  • Mild urinary or vaginal discomfort
  • Minor skin irritation (topical)

White dead nettle flower is a traditional European herbal remedy used for menstrual, digestive, and minor throat or skin complaints. High-quality human studies are largely lacking, so its benefits are not well proven. It is generally considered mild, but should be avoided in pregnancy and breastfeeding due to limited safety data, and you should check with a pharmacist before use.

Lamium album · Lamiaceae · Flowers (and sometimes the flowering tops) · Tea, tincture, dried herb, capsules, topical preparations

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

White Dead Nettle Flower: dosing

There is no officially established or standardized dose for white dead nettle flower. Traditional use typically involves a tea made from the dried flowers, but the amount varies between sources and products.Because a reliable, well-studied dose has not been set, the safest approach is to follow the directions on the product label.

From our White Dead Nettle Flower monograph — the full record covers uses, side effects and every documented interaction.

Read the full White Dead Nettle Flower monograph & all interactions
Medication

About Isotretinoin

What Is Isotretinoin Used For?

Brand names: Accutane, Amnesteem, Claravis, Sotret, Absorica, Roaccutane

Isotretinoin capsules — sold under brand names including Absorica, Absorica LD, Accutane, Amnesteem, Claravis, and others — are used to treat severe recalcitrant nodular acne (deep, inflamed acne nodules 5 mm or larger) in non-pregnant patients 12 years of age and older whose acne has not responded to conventional treatments, including systemic antibiotics.

This medication is reserved for serious cases — those with many nodules, not just a few. A single 15- to 20-week course has been shown to produce complete and prolonged clearing in many patients. If a second course is ever needed, it should not be started until at least two months after finishing the first, because acne may continue to improve even after stopping.

Most-Reported Side Effects for Isotretinoin

From FAERS, the FDA’s public side-effect reporting system (46,523 reports, all brands). Reports are voluntary and are not proof the drug caused the effect.

Depression 5,609 reports
Inflammatory bowel disease 5,250 reports
Colitis ulcerative 3,800 reports
Dry skin 2,326 reports
Pregnancy 2,080 reports
See full Isotretinoin drug information
Keep checking

Other Drugs & White Dead Nettle Flower

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

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We also checked White Dead Nettle Flower 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 White Dead Nettle Flower list.

See the full White Dead Nettle Flower interactions page
See every supplement checked against Isotretinoin, ranked by severity
Evidence & sources

White Dead Nettle Flower References

The 1 references that drive our White Dead Nettle Flower 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. Shapira MY, Raphaelovich Y, Gilad L, et al. Treatment of atopic dermatitis with herbal combination of Eleutherococcus, Achillea millefolium, and Lamium album has no advantage over placebo: a double blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial. J Am Acad De 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 White Dead Nettle Flower and Isotretinoin Together: Common Questions

Is it safe to take White Dead Nettle Flower with Isotretinoin?
We do not list a known interaction between White Dead Nettle Flower and Isotretinoin. 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 Isotretinoin interact with any supplements?
Yes. Isotretinoin has documented interactions with 49 supplements in our database — White Dead Nettle Flower is not one of them. The Isotretinoin 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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