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What Supplements Interact with Brincidofovir?

Brincidofovir brand name: Tembexa. Every interaction below applies to the brands too.

34 Interactions 4 Major 15 Moderate 15 Minor
Curated & coded by · Clinical Pharmacist · Updated September 15, 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

What is this page for?

One answer, for one medication: what supplements and herbal products interact with Brincidofovir? 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.

This page covers supplement interactions only — to check Brincidofovir against your other medications, use the drug–drug interaction checker. Educational information from our licensed clinical databases, not medical advice. Our editorial policy

HelloPharmacist Bottom Line

34 supplements and herbal ingredients have interactions with Brincidofovir on file in the HelloPharmacist interaction database — 4 rated major, 15 moderate, and 15 minor. The most serious involve Apple, Grapefruit, Sweet Orange and Activated Charcoal.

Our assessment: with 4 major-rated interactions on the list, this one deserves real attention — know the major entries before combining anything with Brincidofovir.

Major 4 Moderate 15 Minor 15 No known interaction 1,418

Ranked by severity below. Every entry links to the full pharmacist-reviewed report for that exact combination — what can happen, how likely it is, and what to do about it.

This box checks one ingredient at a time (like turmeric or magnesium). Taking a supplement product with a whole label of ingredients? Search the product instead — we check every ingredient on it ↓

Top Ingredient Interactions

Brincidofovir: Top Interactions at a Glance

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

Showing the 12 highest-ranked of 34 interacting ingredients — plus 1,418 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 Brincidofovir + supplement combinations in our database, best-documented first. Open any card for the full report.

Major Likelihood Likely Apple + Brincidofoviri

Concomitant consumption of apple juice can significantly decrease oral absorption and blood levels of OATP substrates.

Read the full interaction Major Likelihood Likely Grapefruit + Brincidofoviri

Grapefruit juice can decrease levels of drugs that are substrates of OATP.

Read the full interaction Major Likelihood Likely Sweet Orange + Brincidofoviri

Consuming sweet orange juice can decrease oral absorption of OATP substrates.

Read the full interaction Major Likelihood Probable Activated Charcoal + Brincidofoviri

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

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The complete list

Every Supplement Checked Against Brincidofovir

All 1,452 ingredients in our database, ranked by severity — 34 with a Brincidofovir interaction on file and 1,418 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 Brincidofovir?

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 Apple with Brincidofovir?

Major Use real caution — this is a major-rated interaction, generally best avoided or used only under close supervision. Concomitant consumption of apple juice can significantly decrease oral absorption and blood levels of OATP substrates.

Full Apple + Brincidofovir answer

Can you take Xanthan Gum with Brincidofovir?

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

Full Xanthan Gum + Brincidofovir answer

Can you take Grapefruit with Brincidofovir?

Major Use real caution — this is a major-rated interaction, generally best avoided or used only under close supervision. Grapefruit juice can decrease levels of drugs that are substrates of OATP.

Full Grapefruit + Brincidofovir answer

Can you take Sweet Orange with Brincidofovir?

Major Use real caution — this is a major-rated interaction, generally best avoided or used only under close supervision. Consuming sweet orange juice can decrease oral absorption of OATP substrates.

Full Sweet Orange + Brincidofovir answer

Can you take Activated Charcoal with Brincidofovir?

Major Use real caution — this is a major-rated interaction, generally best avoided or used only under close supervision. Activated charcoal reduces systemic exposure to many drugs, including those that undergo enterohepatic recirculation, regardless of the rout...

Full Activated Charcoal + Brincidofovir answer

Can you take Coffee Charcoal with Brincidofovir?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Coffee charcoal can reduce the absorption of orally administered drugs and should be separated from oral drug administration by at least two...

Full Coffee Charcoal + Brincidofovir answer

Can you take European Mandrake with Brincidofovir?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, concurrent use might increase absorption of some drugs because of inhibited gastrointestinal (GI) motility caused by European...

Full European Mandrake + Brincidofovir answer

Can you take Glucomannan with Brincidofovir?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, glucomannan may decrease absorption of drugs taken orally.

Full Glucomannan + Brincidofovir answer

Can you take Green Tea with Brincidofovir?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, green tea might reduce the absorption of organic anion-transporting polypeptide (OATP) substrates.

Full Green Tea + Brincidofovir answer

Can you take Banaba with Brincidofovir?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, concomitant use of banaba with substrates of OATP might reduce the bioavailability of the OATP substrate.

Full Banaba + Brincidofovir answer

Can you take Black Tea with Brincidofovir?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, black tea might reduce the absorption of organic anion-transporting polypeptide (OATP) substrates.

Full Black Tea + Brincidofovir answer

Can you take Guar Gum with Brincidofovir?

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.

Full Guar Gum + Brincidofovir answer

Can you take Gum Arabic with Brincidofovir?

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.

Full Gum Arabic + Brincidofovir answer

Can you take Methoxylated Flavones with Brincidofovir?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. In vitro, methoxylated flavones inhibit organic anion transporting polypeptide (OATP) 1B1, 1B3, and 2B1.

Full Methoxylated Flavones + Brincidofovir answer

Can you take Quercetin with Brincidofovir?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, concomitant use might increase the effects and adverse effects of OATP substrates.

Full Quercetin + Brincidofovir answer

Can you take Slippery Elm with Brincidofovir?

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.

Full Slippery Elm + Brincidofovir answer

Can you take Sorrel with Brincidofovir?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Sorrel might reduce the effectiveness of OATP substrates by reducing their absorption from the gut.

Full Sorrel + Brincidofovir answer

Can you take Theaflavin with Brincidofovir?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. In vitro, theaflavin inhibits organic anion-transporting polypeptide (OATP)2B1.

Full Theaflavin + Brincidofovir answer

Can you take Tragacanth with Brincidofovir?

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.

Full Tragacanth + Brincidofovir answer

Can you take Turmeric with Brincidofovir?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, turmeric might increase blood levels of OATP4C1 substrates.

Full Turmeric + Brincidofovir answer
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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) Brincidofovir is classified into the pharmacology categories it belongs to, (2) every supplement interaction documented against any of those categories is inherited by Brincidofovir, 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.

Brincidofovir sits in 2 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 Brincidofovir through this category.

Organic Anion-Transporting Polypeptide Substrates (Oatp) 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 Brincidofovir through this category.

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Pharmacist Counseling Corner

Brincidofovir & Supplements: Common Questions

What supplements interact with Brincidofovir?
Our database currently documents 34 ingredients with a known Brincidofovir interaction (4 major, 15 moderate, 15 minor). The practical move: scan the major group first, then look up the exact supplements you take rather than reading all 34. The highest-ranked right now: Apple, Grapefruit, Sweet Orange.
Which Brincidofovir supplement interactions are the most serious?
The 4 major-rated combinations — led by Apple, Grapefruit, Sweet Orange and Activated Charcoal — 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 Brincidofovir?
Plenty of supplements coexist fine with Brincidofovir; a shorter list does not. Rather than memorizing it, check the specific ingredients on your labels — the ranked list above covers every one we've checked, and multi-ingredient products can be checked label-by-label with our scanner. Try the label scanner or the interaction checker.
Do brands like Tembexa have the same supplement interactions as Brincidofovir?
Yes — Tembexa all contain Brincidofovir, 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.
What about Brincidofovir and my other medications?
This page covers Brincidofovir against supplements and herbal ingredients. Checking Brincidofovir 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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Where This Data Comes From — and Why You Can Trust It

🧪 Licensed clinical database

Every interaction verdict on this page comes from Natural Medicines Pro (TRC Healthcare / Therapeutic Research) — the same evidence-graded reference used by pharmacists and hospitals. We license this data directly; we do not scrape it, and no AI invents an interaction.

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This page is curated and coded by , Clinical Pharmacist, with additional analysis by the HelloPharmacist Pharmacist Team. Editorial commentary is ours; the licensed interaction records are shown as sourced.

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Our interaction database refreshes on a weekly cycle, and this page re-checks the live database every time it’s rebuilt — what you see reflects the database as of September 15, 2026.

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Educational information, not medical advice. An interaction being on file does not mean it will happen to you — and absence of one is not proof of safety. Never start or stop a medication or supplement without talking to your pharmacist or doctor.