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What Supplements Interact with Nelarabine?

Nelarabine brand name: Atriance. Every interaction below applies to the brands too.

130 Interactions 6 Major 118 Moderate 6 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

What is this page for?

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

Nelarabine (Atriance) is chemotherapy for a rare T-cell leukemia and lymphoma, and its most feared side effect is damage to the nervous system, from heavy drowsiness up to seizures. Most of the 130 supplement and herbal ingredients on this list press on exactly that weak point. Seventy-eight are CNS depressants, substances that deepen sedation, and all 6 major-rated entries sit in that group, with alcohol (beer or wine) and kava leading them. During treatment, those deserve genuine wariness.

The other 118 moderate and 6 minor entries mostly tell two quieter stories. Fifty-three ingredients may stimulate the immune system, working against the suppression this chemotherapy relies on, and six can lower the seizure threshold, which matters more here than with most drugs since nelarabine can provoke seizures on its own. Anything sold for sleep, relaxation, or immune support belongs on your care team's radar before you take it.

— , Clinical Pharmacist · July 18, 2026

Major 6 Moderate 118 Minor 6 No known interaction 1,322

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Top Ingredient Interactions

Nelarabine: Top Interactions at a Glance

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

Showing the 12 highest-ranked of 130 interacting ingredients — plus 1,322 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 Nelarabine + supplement combinations in our database, best-documented first. Open any card for the full report.

Major Likelihood Likely Beer + Nelarabinei

Concomitant use may increase sedative and other adverse effects.

Read the full interaction Major Likelihood Likely Wine + Nelarabinei

Concomitant use may increase sedative and other adverse effects.

Read the full interaction Major Likelihood Probable 1,4-butanediol + Nelarabinei

Theoretically, concomitant use of 1,4-butanediol with CNS depressants may potentiate respiratory and CNS depression.

Read the full interaction Major Likelihood Probable Gamma-hydroxybutyrate (ghb) + Nelarabinei

GHB may increase the risk of serious CNS and respiratory depression.

Read the full interaction Major Likelihood Probable Kava + Nelarabinei

Combining kava with CNS depressants can have additive sedative effects.

Read the full interaction Major Likelihood Probable L-tryptophan + Nelarabinei

Theoretically, concomitant use of L-tryptophan with CNS depressants might cause additive sedative effects.

Read the full interaction
The complete list

Every Supplement Checked Against Nelarabine

All 1,452 ingredients in our database, ranked by severity — 130 with a Nelarabine interaction on file and 1,322 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 Nelarabine?

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 Melatonin with Nelarabine?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, taking melatonin might increase the sedative effects of CNS depressants.

Full Melatonin + Nelarabine answer

Can you take Cordyceps with Nelarabine?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, concurrent use of cordyceps might interfere with immunosuppressive therapy.

Full Cordyceps + Nelarabine answer

Can you take Cat's Claw with Nelarabine?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, cat's claw might interfere with immunosuppressive therapy.

Full Cat's Claw + Nelarabine answer

Can you take Catechu with Nelarabine?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, catechu might interfere with immunosuppressant therapy.

Full Catechu + Nelarabine answer

Can you take Catnip with Nelarabine?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, concomitant use with drugs with sedative properties may cause additive effects and side effects.

Full Catnip + Nelarabine answer

Can you take Ceylon Leadwort with Nelarabine?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Plumbagin, a constituent of Ceylon leadwort, has demonstrated immunosuppressant activity in animal research.

Full Ceylon Leadwort + Nelarabine answer

Can you take Chaga with Nelarabine?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, chaga might interfere with immunosuppressive therapy.

Full Chaga + Nelarabine answer

Can you take Cnidium with Nelarabine?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. In laboratory research, cnidium has been shown to have sedative and hypnotic effects, possibly related to constituent coumarins.

Full Cnidium + Nelarabine answer

Can you take Coriander with Nelarabine?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, coriander might cause additive sedative effects when taken with CNS depressants.

Full Coriander + Nelarabine answer

Can you take Corn Poppy with Nelarabine?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, concomitant use of corn poppy with CNS depressants might increase the risk of sedation.

Full Corn Poppy + Nelarabine answer

Can you take Corydalis Yanhusuo with Nelarabine?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, Corydalis yanhusuo might increase the sedative effects of CNS depressants.

Full Corydalis Yanhusuo + Nelarabine answer

Can you take Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (thc) with Nelarabine?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, THC might have additive effects if used with other CNS depressants.

Full Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (thc) + Nelarabine answer

Can you take Dendrobium with Nelarabine?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. The dendrobium constituent dendrobine is reported to have convulsant effects.

Full Dendrobium + Nelarabine answer

Can you take Echinacea with Nelarabine?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Echinacea has immunostimulant activity which may interfere with immunosuppressant therapy.

Full Echinacea + Nelarabine answer

Can you take Elderberry with Nelarabine?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, elderberry might interfere with immunosuppressant therapy due to its immunostimulant activity.

Full Elderberry + Nelarabine answer

Can you take Elecampane with Nelarabine?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, elecampane may cause additive sedative effects when taken with CNS depressants.

Full Elecampane + Nelarabine answer

Can you take Eleuthero with Nelarabine?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, eleuthero might interfere with immunosuppressive drugs because of its immunostimulant activity.

Full Eleuthero + Nelarabine answer

Can you take European Barberry with Nelarabine?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, concomitant use with drugs that have sedative properties may cause additive effects.

Full European Barberry + Nelarabine answer

Can you take European Mistletoe with Nelarabine?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, European mistletoe might decrease the effectiveness of immunosuppressants.

Full European Mistletoe + Nelarabine answer

Can you take Fermented Milk with Nelarabine?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, fermented milk might decrease the effects of immunosuppressants.

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

Nelarabine sits in 3 interaction categories. Open any one to see what the group means:

Cns Depressants 78 ingredients

Central-nervous-system depressants. Sedating supplements can intensify drowsiness and slowed reactions when combined.

78 of the supplement ingredients on this page reach Nelarabine through this category.

Immunosuppressants 53 ingredients

Medications that damp down the immune system. Supplements that stimulate immunity can work against them.

53 of the supplement ingredients on this page reach Nelarabine 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 Nelarabine through this category.

About Nelarabine

Nelarabine is a chemotherapy drug used to treat T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) and T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma (T-LBL) in adults and children age 1 and older whose cancer has returned or stopped responding to prior treatment.

Generic name: Nelarabine  ·  Brand name: Atriance.

See the full Nelarabine Injection drug information
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Real supplements from the NIH label database that contain the top interacting ingredients on this page — each one is worth a full label check before combining with Nelarabine.

Kava-Kava 400 mg by Signature Supplements contains Kava Kava Nectar Classic Edition by Kavahana contains Kava Zaza Red by Zaza contains Kava Mood Care by Herbal Terra contains Kava
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Nelarabine & Supplements: Common Questions

What supplements interact with Nelarabine?
Our database currently documents 130 ingredients with a known Nelarabine interaction (6 major, 118 moderate, 6 minor). The practical move: scan the major group first, then look up the exact supplements you take rather than reading all 130. The highest-ranked right now: Beer, Wine, 1,4-butanediol.
Which Nelarabine supplement interactions are the most serious?
Focus on the major group: Beer, Wine, 1,4-butanediol, Gamma-hydroxybutyrate (ghb) and Kava, among others. 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 Nelarabine?
Plenty of supplements coexist fine with Nelarabine; 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 Atriance have the same supplement interactions as Nelarabine?
Yes — Atriance all contain Nelarabine, 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 Nelarabine and my other medications?
This page covers Nelarabine against supplements and herbal ingredients. Checking Nelarabine 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 Nelarabine Injection drug information.

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Where This Data Comes From — and Why You Can Trust It

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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 23, 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.