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What Supplements Interact with Netilmicin?

Netilmicin brand name: Netromycin. Every interaction below applies to the brands too.

35 Interactions 2 Major 31 Moderate 2 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

What is this page for?

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

Kidney strain is the hazard that matters most on this page. Netilmicin (Netromycin) is an injectable aminoglycoside antibiotic that can already stress the kidneys on its own, so the two major-rated herbs here, Siberian cocklebur and asarabacca, are the ones to understand first. Both can damage kidney tissue themselves, and layering that on top of an antibiotic with the same weak spot is a combination to treat seriously, not casually.

Nearly everything else runs the other direction. The bulk of the list is probiotics, various lactobacillus and bifidobacterium strains along with fermented milk, and the concern there is simply that an antibiotic kills the live organisms, wasting the supplement rather than harming you. Spacing those doses well apart usually solves it. All told there are 35 ingredients on file, 31 of them moderate and two minor, which leaves those two kidney-related majors carrying almost all the real weight.

— , Clinical Pharmacist · July 18, 2026

Major 2 Moderate 31 Minor 2 No known interaction 1,417

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Top Ingredient Interactions

Netilmicin: Top Interactions at a Glance

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

Showing the 12 highest-ranked of 35 interacting ingredients — plus 1,417 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 Netilmicin + supplement combinations in our database, best-documented first. Open any card for the full report.

Major Likelihood Likely Siberian Cocklebur + Netilmicini

Siberian cocklebur can adversely affect the kidney.

Read the full interaction Major Likelihood Possible Asarabacca + Netilmicini

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

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The complete list

Every Supplement Checked Against Netilmicin

All 1,452 ingredients in our database, ranked by severity — 35 with a Netilmicin interaction on file and 1,417 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 Netilmicin?

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 Aristolochia with Netilmicin?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Aristolochia is nephrotoxic.

Full Aristolochia + Netilmicin answer

Can you take Lactobacillus Helveticus with Netilmicin?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, taking Lactobacillus helveticus with antibiotic drugs might decrease the effectiveness of L.

Full Lactobacillus Helveticus + Netilmicin answer

Can you take Lactobacillus Jensenii with Netilmicin?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, taking Lactobacillus jensenii with antibiotic drugs might decrease the effectiveness of L.

Full Lactobacillus Jensenii + Netilmicin answer

Can you take Lactobacillus Johnsonii with Netilmicin?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, taking Lactobacillus johnsonii with antibiotic drugs might decrease the effectiveness of L.

Full Lactobacillus Johnsonii + Netilmicin answer

Can you take Latilactobacillus Sakei with Netilmicin?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, taking Latilactobacillus sakei with antibiotic drugs might decrease the effectiveness of L.

Full Latilactobacillus Sakei + Netilmicin answer

Can you take Levilactobacillus Brevis with Netilmicin?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, taking Levilactobacillus brevis with antibiotic drugs might decrease the effectiveness of L.

Full Levilactobacillus Brevis + Netilmicin answer

Can you take Ligilactobacillus Salivarius with Netilmicin?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, taking Ligilactobacillus salivarius with antibiotic drugs might decrease the effectiveness of L.

Full Ligilactobacillus Salivarius + Netilmicin answer

Can you take Limosilactobacillus Fermentum with Netilmicin?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, taking Limosilactobacillus fermentum with antibiotic drugs might decrease the effectiveness of L.

Full Limosilactobacillus Fermentum + Netilmicin answer

Can you take Limosilactobacillus Reuteri with Netilmicin?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, taking Limosilactobacillus reuteri with antibiotic drugs might decrease the effectiveness of L.

Full Limosilactobacillus Reuteri + Netilmicin answer

Can you take Probiotics with Netilmicin?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, taking antibiotic drugs with certain probiotics might decrease the effectiveness of probiotics.

Full Probiotics + Netilmicin answer

Can you take Flaxseed with Netilmicin?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, antibiotics might interfere with the metabolism of flaxseed constituents, which could potentially alter the effects of flaxse...

Full Flaxseed + Netilmicin answer

Can you take Magnesium with Netilmicin?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Concomitant use of aminoglycoside antibiotics and magnesium can increase the risk for neuromuscular weakness.

Full Magnesium + Netilmicin answer

Can you take Mountain Ash with Netilmicin?

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 + Netilmicin answer

Can you take Rhubarb with Netilmicin?

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 + Netilmicin answer

Can you take Sodium Bicarbonate with Netilmicin?

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 aminoglycosides.

Full Sodium Bicarbonate + Netilmicin answer

Can you take Soy with Netilmicin?

Minor Usually — this is a minor-rated interaction, generally not clinically significant but worth mentioning to your pharmacist. Theoretically, antibiotics may decrease the activity of soy isoflavones.

Full Soy + Netilmicin answer

Can you take Asian Water Plantain with Netilmicin?

Minor Usually — this is a minor-rated interaction, generally not clinically significant but worth mentioning to your pharmacist. Studies on animals have shown that Asian water plantain extract, which contains triterpenoids, is generally safe at doses up to 1440 mg/kg o...

Full Asian Water Plantain + Netilmicin answer

Can you take Siberian Cocklebur with Netilmicin?

Major Use real caution — this is a major-rated interaction, generally best avoided or used only under close supervision. Siberian cocklebur can adversely affect the kidney.

Full Siberian Cocklebur + Netilmicin answer

Can you take Asarabacca with Netilmicin?

Major Use real caution — this is a major-rated interaction, generally best avoided or used only under close supervision. Asarabacca, a herbaceous plant, is often contaminated with aristolochic acid, a compound known for its nephrotoxic effects.

Full Asarabacca + Netilmicin answer

Can you take Bacillus Coagulans with Netilmicin?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, taking antibiotics with Bacillus coagulans might decrease the effectiveness of B.

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

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

Antibiotic Drugs 27 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.

27 of the supplement ingredients on this page reach Netilmicin 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 Netilmicin through this category.

Aminoglycoside Antibiotics 2 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.

2 of the supplement ingredients on this page reach Netilmicin through this category.

Related: does Netilmicin deplete any nutrients?

Netilmicin has 8 reported nutrient associations in the research literature — see the Netilmicin nutrient depletion report.

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Pharmacist Counseling Corner

Netilmicin & Supplements: Common Questions

What supplements interact with Netilmicin?
More than you might expect — 35 in total, though they are far from equal: 2 are rated major, 31 moderate, and 2 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, Asarabacca, Bacillus Coagulans.
Which Netilmicin supplement interactions are the most serious?
The 2 major-rated combinations — led by Siberian Cocklebur 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 Netilmicin?
Usually yes — most people on Netilmicin 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 Netromycin have the same supplement interactions as Netilmicin?
Yes — Netromycin all contain Netilmicin, 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 Netilmicin deplete any vitamins or nutrients?
It might — Netilmicin has 8 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 Netilmicin nutrient depletion report for the specifics and what to discuss with your pharmacist.
What about Netilmicin and my other medications?
This page covers Netilmicin against supplements and herbal ingredients. Checking Netilmicin 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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