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What Supplements Interact with Meloxicam?

Meloxicam brand names: Mobic, Vivlodex, Qmiiz ODT, Anjeso. Every interaction below applies to the brands too.

113 Interactions 5 Major 81 Moderate 27 Minor
Curated & coded by · Clinical Pharmacist · Updated September 21, 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 Meloxicam? 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 Meloxicam 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
Our Pharmacist Explains
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.

Most people take meloxicam (Mobic) daily for arthritis pain, which gives supplement interactions time to add up, so I read this list with real vigilance. Five of the 113 ingredients on file carry a major rating, and two are simply beer and wine, because alcohol plus any NSAID raises the odds of stomach bleeding. The rest of that top tier involves herbs that can damage the kidneys, an organ meloxicam already stresses, plus a charcoal product that can pull the drug out of your system.

The 81 moderate and 27 minor entries mostly repeat two themes. A group of 64, CBD among them, can slow the enzyme that breaks meloxicam down and let its level climb. Another 20 add to sun sensitivity, and a small cluster of fibers and charcoals interferes with absorption if swallowed near a dose. Keep those hours apart, and expect sunburn faster than usual with the photosensitizers.

— , Clinical Pharmacist · July 18, 2026

Major 5 Moderate 81 Minor 27 No known interaction 1,339

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Meloxicam: Top Interactions at a Glance

The Meloxicam 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 113 interacting ingredients — plus 1,339 more checked with no known interaction. See the complete ranked list.

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The Most-Checked Meloxicam Combinations Today

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

Major Likelihood Probable Wine + Meloxicami

Concomitant use may increase the risk of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding.

Read the full interaction Moderate Likelihood Possible Eleuthero + Meloxicami

Theoretically, eleuthero might increase levels of drugs metabolized by CYP2C9.

Read the full interaction Moderate Likelihood Possible Devil's Claw + Meloxicami

Theoretically, devil's claw might increase levels of drugs metabolized by CYP2C9.

Read the full interaction Moderate Likelihood Possible Cannabis + Meloxicami

Theoretically, cannabis might increase the levels and adverse effects of CYP2C9 substrates.

Read the full interaction Moderate Likelihood Possible Feverfew + Meloxicami

Theoretically, feverfew might increase levels of drugs metabolized by CYP2C9.

Read the full interaction Moderate Likelihood Possible Boswellia Serrata + Meloxicami

Theoretically, Boswellia serrata might increase the levels of CYP2C9 substrates.

Read the full interaction
The complete list

Every Supplement Checked Against Meloxicam

All 1,452 ingredients in our database, ranked by severity — 113 with a Meloxicam interaction on file and 1,339 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 Meloxicam?

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 Wine with Meloxicam?

Major Use real caution — this is a major-rated interaction, generally best avoided or used only under close supervision. Concomitant use may increase the risk of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding.

Full Wine + Meloxicam answer

Can you take Eleuthero with Meloxicam?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, eleuthero might increase levels of drugs metabolized by CYP2C9.

Full Eleuthero + Meloxicam answer

Can you take Devil's Claw with Meloxicam?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, devil's claw might increase levels of drugs metabolized by CYP2C9.

Full Devil's Claw + Meloxicam answer

Can you take Cannabis with Meloxicam?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, cannabis might increase the levels and adverse effects of CYP2C9 substrates.

Full Cannabis + Meloxicam answer

Can you take Feverfew with Meloxicam?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, feverfew might increase levels of drugs metabolized by CYP2C9.

Full Feverfew + Meloxicam answer

Can you take Lime with Meloxicam?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, concomitant use of lime oil with photosensitizing drugs may increase the risk of phototoxicity.

Full Lime + Meloxicam answer

Can you take Limonene with Meloxicam?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. There's preliminary evidence that limonene might be a substrate for cytochrome P450 2C9 (CYP2C9), as well causing its induction.

Full Limonene + Meloxicam answer

Can you take Mountain Ash with Meloxicam?

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.

Full Mountain Ash + Meloxicam answer

Can you take Neem with Meloxicam?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, neem leaf extract might increase the levels and clinical effects of CYP2C9 substrates.

Full Neem + Meloxicam answer

Can you take Oregon Grape with Meloxicam?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, Oregon grape might increase serum levels of drugs metabolized by CYP2C9.

Full Oregon Grape + Meloxicam answer

Can you take Peppermint with Meloxicam?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, peppermint might increase the levels of CYP2C9 substrates.

Full Peppermint + Meloxicam answer

Can you take Phellodendron with Meloxicam?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, phellodendron might increase serum levels of drugs metabolized by CYP2C9.

Full Phellodendron + Meloxicam answer

Can you take Propolis with Meloxicam?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, high doses of propolis might increase blood levels of drugs metabolized by CYP2C9.

Full Propolis + Meloxicam answer

Can you take Puravive with Meloxicam?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Puravive contains quercetin, which has been shown in studies to mildly inhibit the CYP2C9 metabolizing enzyme.

Full Puravive + Meloxicam answer

Can you take Quercetin with Meloxicam?

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 OAT3 substrates.

Full Quercetin + Meloxicam answer

Can you take Rhodiola with Meloxicam?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, rhodiola might increase levels of drugs metabolized by CYP2C9.

Full Rhodiola + Meloxicam answer

Can you take Rhubarb with Meloxicam?

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.

Full Rhubarb + Meloxicam answer

Can you take Rooibos with Meloxicam?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, taking rooibos with CYP2C9 substrates may increase the effects of CYP2C9 substrates.

Full Rooibos + Meloxicam answer

Can you take Rue with Meloxicam?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, rue might increase the risk for phototoxicity when used with photosensitizing drugs.

Full Rue + Meloxicam answer

Can you take Sage with Meloxicam?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, sage might increase the levels and clinical effects of drugs metabolized by CYP2C9.

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

Meloxicam sits in 7 interaction categories. Open any one to see what the group means:

Cytochrome P450 2C9 (Cyp2C9) Substrates 64 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.

64 of the supplement ingredients on this page reach Meloxicam through this category.

Photosensitizing Drugs 20 ingredients

Medications that make skin more sun-sensitive. Supplements with the same property can compound it.

20 of the supplement ingredients on this page reach Meloxicam through this category.

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 Meloxicam 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 Meloxicam through this category.

Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (Nsaids) 5 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.

5 of the supplement ingredients on this page reach Meloxicam through this category.

Organic Anion Transporter 1 (Oat1) Substrates 4 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.

4 of the supplement ingredients on this page reach Meloxicam through this category.

Organic Anion Transporter 3 (Oat3) Substrates 4 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.

4 of the supplement ingredients on this page reach Meloxicam through this category.

About Meloxicam

Meloxicam is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) used to relieve pain, swelling, and stiffness from arthritis.

Generic name: Meloxicam  ·  Brand names: Mobic, Vivlodex, Qmiiz ODT, Anjeso.

See the full Meloxicam drug information

Related: does Meloxicam deplete any nutrients?

Meloxicam has 4 reported nutrient associations in the research literature — see the Meloxicam nutrient depletion report.

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Meloxicam & Supplements: Common Questions

What supplements interact with Meloxicam?
In our interaction database, 113 supplement and herbal ingredients have an interaction with Meloxicam on file — 5 rated major, 81 moderate, and 27 minor. That number sounds scarier than it is: severity matters far more than the count, which is why the list on this page is ranked instead of alphabetical. Start at the top. The highest-ranked right now: Siberian Cocklebur, Activated Charcoal, Beer.
Which Meloxicam supplement interactions are the most serious?
Focus on the major group: Siberian Cocklebur, Activated Charcoal, Beer, Wine and Asarabacca. A major rating means the combination can be clinically significant, not that harm is guaranteed — but it's exactly the kind of thing to run past your pharmacist before your next dose, not after. Jump to the ranked list.
Can I take vitamins or supplements while on Meloxicam?
That depends entirely on which supplement. The honest answer for Meloxicam is in the ranked list above — and if what you take is a combination product with a dozen ingredients, don't check them one by one: photograph the label with our scanner and we'll check the whole thing at once. Try the label scanner or the interaction checker.
Do brands like Mobic have the same supplement interactions as Meloxicam?
Yes — Mobic, Vivlodex, Qmiiz ODT, Anjeso all contain Meloxicam, 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 Meloxicam deplete any vitamins or nutrients?
It might — Meloxicam has 4 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 Meloxicam nutrient depletion report for the specifics and what to discuss with your pharmacist.
What about Meloxicam and my other medications?
This page covers Meloxicam against supplements and herbal ingredients. Checking Meloxicam 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, or read the full Meloxicam drug information.

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