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What Supplements Interact with Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol?

Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol brand name: NuvaRing. Every interaction below applies to the brands too.

203 Interactions 2 Major 168 Moderate 33 Minor
Curated & coded by · Clinical Pharmacist · Updated September 23, 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 Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol? 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 Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol against your other medications, use the drug–drug interaction checker. Educational information from our licensed clinical databases, not medical advice. Our editorial policy

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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.

St. John's wort belongs at the top of any conversation about NuvaRing (etonogestrel and ethinyl estradiol) and supplements. It revs up the liver enzyme that clears the ring's hormones, which can lower their levels, and with birth control a lower hormone level is exactly the failure you cannot afford. Grapefruit is the other major-rated entry, pushing in the opposite direction by raising drug levels. Those two set the tone for a list of 203 ingredients that warrants real vigilance, not a quick skim.

The other 201 entries, 168 rated moderate and 33 minor, mostly play out quieter versions of the same enzyme story, and a surprisingly large cluster involves caffeine. Estrogen slows how the body breaks caffeine down, so everyday caffeinated drinks can hit harder and linger longer than you expect. A smaller group carries estrogen-like plant activity of its own. Start with the two major entries, then check whatever you take most often.

— , Clinical Pharmacist · July 18, 2026

Major 2 Moderate 168 Minor 33 No known interaction 1,249

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Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol: Top Interactions at a Glance

The Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol supplement & herbal interactions people checked most in the last 24 hours, colored by severity. Tap any ingredient to open the full report for that pair.

Showing the 12 highest-ranked of 203 interacting ingredients — plus 1,249 more checked with no known interaction. See the complete ranked list.

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The Most-Checked Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol Combinations Today

The Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol + supplement pages people viewed most in the last 24 hours (resets at midnight). Open any card for the full report.

Minor Likelihood Possible Copper + Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradioli

Theoretically, taking copper with contraceptive drugs might increase the levels and toxic effects of copper.

Read the full interaction Minor Likelihood Possible Selenium + Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradioli

Contraceptive drugs might increase levels of selenium, although the clinical significance of this effect is unclear.

Read the full interaction Moderate Likelihood Possible Wild Yam + Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradioli

Theoretically, wild yam might increase or decrease the effects of estrogen.

Read the full interaction Moderate Likelihood Probable Cola Nut + Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradioli

Theoretically, estrogens might increase the levels and adverse effects of the caffeine in cola nut.

Read the full interaction Moderate Likelihood Probable Guggul + Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradioli

Theoretically, guggul might reduce the effects of CYP3A4 substrates.

Read the full interaction Moderate Likelihood Possible Activated Charcoal + Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradioli

Activated charcoal may reduce the clinical effects of oral contraceptives.

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Every Supplement Checked Against Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol

All 1,452 ingredients in our database, ranked by severity — 203 with a Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol interaction on file and 1,249 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 Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol?

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 Copper with Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol?

Minor Usually — this is a minor-rated interaction, generally not clinically significant but worth mentioning to your pharmacist. Theoretically, taking copper with contraceptive drugs might increase the levels and toxic effects of copper.

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Can you take Selenium with Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol?

Minor Usually — this is a minor-rated interaction, generally not clinically significant but worth mentioning to your pharmacist. Contraceptive drugs might increase levels of selenium, although the clinical significance of this effect is unclear.

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Can you take Wild Yam with Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, wild yam might increase or decrease the effects of estrogen.

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Can you take Cola Nut with Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, estrogens might increase the levels and adverse effects of the caffeine in cola nut.

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Can you take Guggul with Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, guggul might reduce the effects of CYP3A4 substrates.

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Can you take Melatonin with Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, melatonin might increase levels of drugs metabolized by CYP1A2.

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Can you take Oolong Tea with Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, estrogens might increase the levels and adverse effects of caffeine in oolong tea.

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Can you take Pu-erh Tea with Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol?

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

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Can you take Red Clover with Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, concomitant use of large amounts of red clover might interfere with estrogen therapy.

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Can you take Schisandra with Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Schisandra can increase the levels and clinical effects of drugs metabolized by CYP3A4.

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Can you take Tree Turmeric with Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, tree turmeric might increase the levels and clinical effects of drugs that are substrates of CYP3A4.

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Can you take Vitamin C with Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Vitamin C might increase blood levels of estrogens.

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Can you take Vitex Agnus-castus with Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, vitex agnus-castus could interfere with the activity of estrogens.

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Can you take Wild Carrot with Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, excessive use of the above ground parts of wild carrot might interfere with hormonal therapy due to estrogenic effects of wil...

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Can you take Yerba Mate with Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, estrogens might increase the levels and adverse effects of the caffeine in yerba mate.

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Can you take Acacia Rigidula with Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, Acacia rigidula products that are adulterated with beta-methylphenylethylamine (BMPEA) might increase the levels of CYP3A4 su...

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Can you take Activated Charcoal with Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Activated charcoal may reduce the clinical effects of oral contraceptives.

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Can you take Adrafinil with Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, adrafinil might reduce the levels and clinical effects of CYP1A2 substrates.

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Can you take African Wild Potato with Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. In vitro research shows that African wild potato extract inhibits cytochrome P450 1A2 (CYP1A2).

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Can you take Aletris with Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Aletris might have estrogenic effects.

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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) Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol is classified into the pharmacology categories it belongs to, (2) every supplement interaction documented against any of those categories is inherited by Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol, 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.

Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol sits in 10 interaction categories. Open any one to see what the group means:

Cytochrome P450 3A4 (Cyp3A4) Substrates 121 ingredients

A drug-metabolism group: these medications are processed by the named liver enzyme (a cytochrome P450). Supplements that speed this enzyme up or slow it down can lower or raise the medication's levels in your body.

121 of the supplement ingredients on this page reach Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol through this category.

Cytochrome P450 1A2 (Cyp1A2) Substrates 79 ingredients

A drug-metabolism group: these medications are processed by the named liver enzyme (a cytochrome P450). Supplements that speed this enzyme up or slow it down can lower or raise the medication's levels in your body.

79 of the supplement ingredients on this page reach Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol through this category.

Estrogens 60 ingredients

Hormone-related medications. Supplements with hormone-like activity can add to or interfere with them.

60 of the supplement ingredients on this page reach Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol through this category.

P-Glycoprotein Substrates 37 ingredients

A drug-transport group: these medications are moved in and out of cells by the P-glycoprotein pump. Supplements that affect the pump can change how much of the drug is absorbed or kept in the body.

37 of the supplement ingredients on this page reach Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol through this category.

Contraceptive Drugs 30 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.

30 of the supplement ingredients on this page reach Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol through this category.

Cytochrome P450 3A4 (Cyp3A4) Inhibitors 13 ingredients

A drug-metabolism group: these medications are processed by the named liver enzyme (a cytochrome P450). Supplements that speed this enzyme up or slow it down can lower or raise the medication's levels in your body.

13 of the supplement ingredients on this page reach Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol through this category.

Cytochrome P450 1A2 (Cyp1A2) Inhibitors 10 ingredients

A drug-metabolism group: these medications are processed by the named liver enzyme (a cytochrome P450). Supplements that speed this enzyme up or slow it down can lower or raise the medication's levels in your body.

10 of the supplement ingredients on this page reach Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol through this category.

Ethinyl Estradiol 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 Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol through this category.

Topical Drugs 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 Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol through this category.

Cytochrome P450 1A2 (Cyp1A2) Substrates 1 ingredient

A drug-metabolism group: these medications are processed by the named liver enzyme (a cytochrome P450). Supplements that speed this enzyme up or slow it down can lower or raise the medication's levels in your body.

1 of the supplement ingredient on this page reaches Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol through this category.

Related: does Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol deplete any nutrients?

Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol has 7 reported nutrient associations in the research literature — see the Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol nutrient depletion report.

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Pharmacist Counseling Corner

Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol & Supplements: Common Questions

What supplements interact with Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol?
Our database currently documents 203 ingredients with a known Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol interaction (2 major, 168 moderate, 33 minor). The practical move: scan the major group first, then look up the exact supplements you take rather than reading all 203. The highest-ranked right now: Grapefruit, St. John's Wort, Black Tea.
Which Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol supplement interactions are the most serious?
The 2 major-rated combinations — led by Grapefruit and St. John's Wort — 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 Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol?
Plenty of supplements coexist fine with Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol; 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 NuvaRing have the same supplement interactions as Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol?
Yes — NuvaRing all contain Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol, 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 Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol deplete any vitamins or nutrients?
It might — Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol has 7 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 Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol nutrient depletion report for the specifics and what to discuss with your pharmacist.
What about Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol and my other medications?
This page covers Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol against supplements and herbal ingredients. Checking Etonogestrel, Ethinyl Estradiol 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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