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What Supplements Interact with Amphotericin B?

Amphotericin B brand names: Amphocin, Fungizone IV, Abelcet, AmBisome, Amphocil. Every interaction below applies to the brands too.

33 Interactions 3 Major 17 Moderate 13 Minor
Curated & coded by · Clinical Pharmacist · Updated September 22, 2026

Drug–supplement interaction data sourced from Natural Medicines Pro, the licensed clinical database from TRC Healthcare / Therapeutic Research, with additional analysis by the HelloPharmacist Pharmacist Team. Our sources · Editorial policy

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One answer, for one medication: what supplements and herbal products interact with Amphotericin B? Every vitamin, herb, and supplement ingredient we’ve checked against it is on this page, ranked by severity, each linking to the full report for that exact pair.

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What is this? The interaction data in the HelloPharmacist supplement database is licensed from Natural Medicines Pro by TRC Healthcare (Therapeutic Research). HelloPharmacist pharmacists often add our own analysis and context on top of that licensed data — such as this Bottom Line summary and the notes on individual interaction pages — and any such commentary is noted as ours.

Anyone receiving amphotericin B (AmBisome, Abelcet, Fungizone) is fighting a serious fungal infection, and the drug itself is famously hard on the kidneys. That is why the three major-rated interactions among the 33 supplements on file deserve real wariness ahead of everything else here. Two of them, Siberian cocklebur and asarabacca, can injure the kidneys on their own, stacking harm onto a medicine that already strains them.

The third major entry is activated charcoal, which can soak up the drug and reduce how much stays in your body. Most of the rest (17 rated moderate, 13 minor) are milder variations on a few themes: fiber-heavy products that change how oral medicines absorb, six ingredients that may make seizures somewhat more likely, and heavy baking soda use, which can pull potassium lower in someone on this drug. The kidney combinations are the ones to rule out first.

— , Clinical Pharmacist · July 18, 2026

Major 3 Moderate 17 Minor 13 No known interaction 1,419

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Top Ingredient Interactions

Amphotericin B: Top Interactions at a Glance

The most significant Amphotericin B supplement & herbal interactions, colored by severity. Tap any ingredient to open the full report for that pair.

Showing the 12 highest-ranked of 33 interacting ingredients — plus 1,419 more checked with no known interaction. See the complete ranked list.

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The Major Interactions to Know About

The most clinically significant Amphotericin B + supplement combinations in our database, best-documented first. Open any card for the full report.

Major Likelihood Likely Siberian Cocklebur + Amphotericin Bi

Siberian cocklebur can adversely affect the kidney.

Read the full interaction Major Likelihood Probable Activated Charcoal + Amphotericin Bi

Activated charcoal reduces systemic exposure to many drugs, including those that undergo enterohepatic recirculation, regardless of the route of administration.

Read the full interaction Major Likelihood Possible Asarabacca + Amphotericin Bi

Asarabacca, a herbaceous plant, is often contaminated with aristolochic acid, a compound known for its nephrotoxic effects.

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Every Supplement Checked Against Amphotericin B

All 1,452 ingredients in our database, ranked by severity — 33 with a Amphotericin B interaction on file and 1,419 with none found. Filter by severity or search any ingredient; hover the for what each ingredient is.

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Straight answers

Can You Take It With Amphotericin B?

One-line answers, one card per combination — scroll through today’s 20 and tap any card for the full report. A different set rotates in daily until every combination has had its turn.

Can you take Saccharomyces Boulardii with Amphotericin B?

Minor Usually — this is a minor-rated interaction, generally not clinically significant but worth mentioning to your pharmacist. Theoretically, taking antifungals with Saccharomyces boulardii might decrease the effectiveness of Saccharomyces boulardii.

Full Saccharomyces Boulardii + Amphotericin B answer

Can you take Brewer's Yeast with Amphotericin B?

Minor Usually — this is a minor-rated interaction, generally not clinically significant but worth mentioning to your pharmacist. Theoretically, taking antifungals with some brewer's yeast products might decrease the effectiveness of brewer's yeast.

Full Brewer's Yeast + Amphotericin B answer

Can you take Ginkgo with Amphotericin B?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, taking ginkgo with drugs that lower the seizure threshold might increase the risk for convulsions.

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Can you take Guar Gum with Amphotericin B?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Guar gum might reduce the absorption of some oral drugs, potentially decreasing their effectiveness.

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Can you take Gum Arabic with Amphotericin B?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, gum arabic can alter the absorption of oral drugs due to its fiber content.

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Can you take Melatonin with Amphotericin B?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, taking melatonin with drugs that lower the seizure threshold might increase the risk of seizure activity.

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Can you take Mountain Ash with Amphotericin B?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Taking large amounts of fresh mountain ash berries may cause kidney damage due to its parasorbic acid constituent.

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Can you take Rauwolscine with Amphotericin B?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, taking rauwolscine with seizure threshold lowering drugs might increase the risk of adverse convulsant effects.

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Can you take Rhubarb with Amphotericin B?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, long-term use of anthraquinones from rhubarb might increase the risk of nephrotoxicity when used with nephrotoxic drugs.

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Can you take Slippery Elm with Amphotericin B?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, slippery elm may slow the absorption and reduce serum levels of oral drugs.

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Can you take Sodium Bicarbonate with Amphotericin B?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, sodium bicarbonate may increase the risk for hypokalemia in patients receiving amphotericin B.

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Can you take Thuja with Amphotericin B?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Thuja products can contains significant amounts of thujone, a neurotoxin.

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Can you take Tragacanth with Amphotericin B?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, tragacanth might alter absorption of oral drugs.

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Can you take Thyroid Extract with Amphotericin B?

Minor Usually — this is a minor-rated interaction, generally not clinically significant but worth mentioning to your pharmacist. Food and medications can interfere with thyroid hormone absorption.

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Can you take Agar with Amphotericin B?

Minor Usually — this is a minor-rated interaction, generally not clinically significant but worth mentioning to your pharmacist. Agar forms a thick gel, which may disrupt the absorption of nutrients and medications.

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Can you take Algin with Amphotericin B?

Minor Usually — this is a minor-rated interaction, generally not clinically significant but worth mentioning to your pharmacist. Theoretically, algin can alter the absorption of oral drugs.

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Can you take Black Psyllium with Amphotericin B?

Minor Usually — this is a minor-rated interaction, generally not clinically significant but worth mentioning to your pharmacist. Theoretically, psyllium might increase, decrease, or have no effect on the absorption of oral drugs.

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Can you take Blond Psyllium with Amphotericin B?

Minor Usually — this is a minor-rated interaction, generally not clinically significant but worth mentioning to your pharmacist. Theoretically, psyllium might increase, decrease, or have no effect on the absorption of oral drugs.

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Can you take Carob with Amphotericin B?

Minor Usually — this is a minor-rated interaction, generally not clinically significant but worth mentioning to your pharmacist. Theoretically, carob might also impair the absorption of oral drugs.

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Can you take Karaya Gum with Amphotericin B?

Minor Usually — this is a minor-rated interaction, generally not clinically significant but worth mentioning to your pharmacist. Co-administration of oral drugs with bulk forming laxatives such as karaya gum may decrease, increase, or have no effect on the absorption o...

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What Severity, Likelihood & Evidence Mean

Severity — How Serious It Can Be

  • Major. Clinically significant; generally best avoided, or used only under direct professional supervision.
  • Moderate. May need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separating the times you take each one.
  • Minor. Generally not clinically significant, but still worth noting and mentioning to your pharmacist.
  • No known interaction. Checked against our sources with nothing documented — not the same as proven safety.

Likelihood — How Well It’s Documented

  • Likely. Well-controlled human studies have demonstrated the likely existence of this interaction
  • Probable. Interaction has not been documented in well-controlled studies, however, the interaction has been demonstrated in some small human studies or in controlled animal studies in conjunction with multiple case reports.
  • Possible. Interaction has been documented in animal or in lab research, or the interaction has been documented in humans but is limited to case reports or conflicting clinical research exists
  • Unlikely. Interaction has been demonstrated in animal or in lab research but has been shown not to occur in humans.

Where This Data Comes From

  • Interaction records are evidence-graded and sourced from the Natural Medicines database (TRC Healthcare), the same reference used by pharmacists and hospitals.
  • Each entry links to a full report with the clinical detail, likelihood, evidence level, and citations for that exact combination.
  • Content is reviewed by licensed HelloPharmacist pharmacists — see our data sources and editorial standards.

How Does Our Interaction Checker Work?

Behind every verdict on this page is a category system. Our source database doesn’t document supplement interactions drug-by-drug — it documents them against groups of medications that behave the same way (for example, “drugs processed by the CYP3A4 liver enzyme” or “blood-thinning medications”).

So the check works in three steps: (1) Amphotericin B is classified into the pharmacology categories it belongs to, (2) every supplement interaction documented against any of those categories is inherited by Amphotericin B, and (3) each ingredient keeps its own severity, likelihood, and evidence grades from the underlying record. That’s why one supplement can carry several records for one drug — it may interact through more than one category.

Amphotericin B sits in 5 interaction categories. Open any one to see what the group means:

Oral Drugs 17 ingredients

A pharmacology grouping from our source database: medications in this group share a property that certain supplements are known to interact with, so an interaction documented for the group applies to every drug in it.

17 of the supplement ingredients on this page reach Amphotericin B through this category.

Nephrotoxic Drugs 6 ingredients

A pharmacology grouping from our source database: medications in this group share a property that certain supplements are known to interact with, so an interaction documented for the group applies to every drug in it.

6 of the supplement ingredients on this page reach Amphotericin B through this category.

Seizure Threshold Lowering Drugs 6 ingredients

A pharmacology grouping from our source database: medications in this group share a property that certain supplements are known to interact with, so an interaction documented for the group applies to every drug in it.

6 of the supplement ingredients on this page reach Amphotericin B through this category.

Antifungals 3 ingredients

A pharmacology grouping from our source database: medications in this group share a property that certain supplements are known to interact with, so an interaction documented for the group applies to every drug in it.

3 of the supplement ingredients on this page reach Amphotericin B through this category.

Amphotericin-B (Abelcet, Others) 1 ingredient

A pharmacology grouping from our source database: medications in this group share a property that certain supplements are known to interact with, so an interaction documented for the group applies to every drug in it.

1 of the supplement ingredient on this page reaches Amphotericin B through this category.

Related: does Amphotericin B deplete any nutrients?

Amphotericin B has 5 reported nutrient associations in the research literature — see the Amphotericin B nutrient depletion report.

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Amphotericin B & Supplements: Common Questions

What supplements interact with Amphotericin B?
More than you might expect — 33 in total, though they are far from equal: 3 are rated major, 17 moderate, and 13 minor. The ranked list on this page puts the ones that genuinely matter first, and every entry opens a full report on that exact pair. The highest-ranked right now: Siberian Cocklebur, Activated Charcoal, Asarabacca.
Which Amphotericin B supplement interactions are the most serious?
The 3 major-rated combinations — led by Siberian Cocklebur, Activated Charcoal and Asarabacca — deserve real caution: these are the ones generally best avoided, or used only with your prescriber watching. If you take any of them today, don't panic and don't stop anything abruptly — call your pharmacist first. Jump to the ranked list.
Can I take vitamins or supplements while on Amphotericin B?
Usually yes — most people on Amphotericin B can take most supplements. The catch is the exceptions, and they aren't always the exotic ones (St. John's Wort trips up more prescriptions than almost anything sold next to it). Look up each ingredient you actually take in the list above, and treat "no known interaction" as a green-ish light, not a guarantee. Try the label scanner or the interaction checker.
Do brands like Amphocin have the same supplement interactions as Amphotericin B?
Yes — Amphocin, Fungizone IV, Abelcet, AmBisome, Amphocil all contain Amphotericin B, so everything on this page applies to them equally. Interactions belong to the active drug, never to the brand on the box; the same is true of generics.
Where do these interaction ratings come from?
Every rating comes from the Natural Medicines database — the same evidence-graded reference pharmacists and hospitals use — and each interaction carries three separate grades: severity (how bad it can be), likelihood (how well it's documented in studies and case reports), and an evidence level. Our pharmacists review the content; we never let an AI decide an interaction. See how to read the ratings and our editorial policy.
Does Amphotericin B deplete any vitamins or nutrients?
It might — Amphotericin B has 5 reported nutrient-depletion associations in the research literature, which is a different question from interactions: instead of a supplement changing the drug, the drug may lower a nutrient over time. See the Amphotericin B nutrient depletion report for the specifics and what to discuss with your pharmacist.
What about Amphotericin B and my other medications?
This page covers Amphotericin B against supplements and herbal ingredients. Checking Amphotericin B against your other prescription or OTC medications is a different tool — our drug interaction checker covers that side. Head to the drug–drug interaction checker.

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