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What Supplements Interact with Sarilumab?

Sarilumab brand name: Kevzara. Every interaction below applies to the brands too.

72 Interactions 71 Moderate 1 Minor

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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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.

Sarilumab (Kevzara) works by quieting an overactive immune system in rheumatoid arthritis, and most of the supplements on this page push the other way. Immune stimulants such as ashwagandha, astragalus, and American ginseng could in theory blunt the drug's benefit and let joint symptoms creep back. Nothing here calls for blanket avoidance, but each combination is worth knowing about and watching for signs the medicine is losing ground.

The smaller cluster works differently. Sarilumab is grouped with drugs that boost a liver enzyme called CYP3A4, which matters for herbs containing pyrrolizidine alkaloids (boneset and borage among them), since faster processing can create more liver-toxic byproducts. The same effect can lower CBD levels. Most of the evidence is theoretical or from early research, which fits the tally, as 71 of the 72 ingredients rate moderate and one minor, with none rated major.

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

Sarilumab: Top Interactions at a Glance

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

Showing the 12 highest-ranked of 72 interacting ingredients — plus 1,380 more checked with no known interaction. See the complete ranked list.

The complete list

Every Supplement Checked Against Sarilumab

All 1,452 ingredients in our database, ranked by severity — 72 with a Sarilumab interaction on file and 1,380 with none found. Filter by severity or search any ingredient; hover the for what each ingredient is.

Straight answers

Can You Take It With Sarilumab?

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 Blood Irradiation Therapy with Sarilumab?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Clinical research suggests that blood irradiation therapy may stimulate immune function in some patients.

Full Blood Irradiation Therapy + Sarilumab answer

Can you take Thunder God Vine with Sarilumab?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, thunder god vine might enhance the effects of immunosuppressant drugs.

Full Thunder God Vine + Sarilumab answer

Can you take Thymus Extract with Sarilumab?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, patients taking immunosuppressants may be at an increased risk of infection from contaminated thymus extract.

Full Thymus Extract + Sarilumab answer

Can you take Tinospora Cordifolia with Sarilumab?

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

Full Tinospora Cordifolia + Sarilumab answer

Can you take Trichopus Zeylanicus with Sarilumab?

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

Full Trichopus Zeylanicus + Sarilumab answer

Can you take Umckaloabo with Sarilumab?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, Pelargonium sidoides might decrease the effectiveness of immunosuppressant therapy.

Full Umckaloabo + Sarilumab answer

Can you take Lychee with Sarilumab?

Minor Usually — this is a minor-rated interaction, generally not clinically significant but worth mentioning to your pharmacist. Theoretically, lychee might reduce the effectiveness of immunosuppressant drugs.

Full Lychee + Sarilumab answer

Can you take Active Hexose Correlated Compound (ahcc) with Sarilumab?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, taking AHCC might decrease the effects of immunosuppressant drugs.

Full Active Hexose Correlated Compound (ahcc) + Sarilumab answer

Can you take Alfalfa with Sarilumab?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, alfalfa might decrease the efficacy of immunosuppressive therapy.

Full Alfalfa + Sarilumab answer

Can you take Alkanna with Sarilumab?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Hepatotoxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) are substrates of cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4).

Full Alkanna + Sarilumab answer

Can you take Alpine Ragwort with Sarilumab?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, CYP3A4 inducers might increase the risk of adverse effects from the pyrrolizidine alkaloid (PA) constituents in alpine ragwor...

Full Alpine Ragwort + Sarilumab answer

Can you take American Ginseng with Sarilumab?

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

Full American Ginseng + Sarilumab answer

Can you take Andrographis with Sarilumab?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, andrographis might interfere with the effects of immunosuppressive drugs.

Full Andrographis + Sarilumab answer

Can you take Ashwagandha with Sarilumab?

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

Full Ashwagandha + Sarilumab answer

Can you take Astragalus with Sarilumab?

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

Full Astragalus + Sarilumab answer

Can you take Bee Venom with Sarilumab?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Bee venom might stimulate immune system activity.Theoretically, bee venom might interfere with immunosuppressant therapy.

Full Bee Venom + Sarilumab answer

Can you take Beta-glucans with Sarilumab?

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

Full Beta-glucans + Sarilumab answer

Can you take Black Hoof Mushroom with Sarilumab?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, black hoof mushroom might reduce the effects of immunosuppressant medications.

Full Black Hoof Mushroom + Sarilumab answer

Can you take Black Seed with Sarilumab?

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

Full Black Seed + Sarilumab answer

Can you take Blue-green Algae with Sarilumab?

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

Full Blue-green Algae + Sarilumab 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) Sarilumab is classified into the pharmacology categories it belongs to, (2) every supplement interaction documented against any of those categories is inherited by Sarilumab, 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.

Sarilumab sits in 2 interaction categories. Open any one to see what the group means:

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 Sarilumab through this category.

Cytochrome P450 3A4 (Cyp3A4) Inducers 19 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.

19 of the supplement ingredients on this page reach Sarilumab through this category.

About Sarilumab

Sarilumab is an IL-6 receptor blocker used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, polymyalgia rheumatica, and polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

Generic name: Sarilumab  ·  Brand name: Kevzara.

See the full Sarilumab Injection drug information
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Sarilumab & Supplements: Common Questions

What supplements interact with Sarilumab?
Our database currently documents 72 ingredients with a known Sarilumab interaction (0 major, 71 moderate, 1 minor). The practical move: scan the major group first, then look up the exact supplements you take rather than reading all 72. The highest-ranked right now: Active Hexose Correlated Compound (ahcc), Alfalfa, Alkanna.
Which Sarilumab supplement interactions are the most serious?
None of the Sarilumab supplement interactions on file are currently rated major. The most significant are the 71 moderate-rated ones — combinations that may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Still worth a quick look through the ranked list for anything you take daily. Jump to the ranked list.
Can I take vitamins or supplements while on Sarilumab?
Plenty of supplements coexist fine with Sarilumab; 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 Kevzara have the same supplement interactions as Sarilumab?
Yes — Kevzara all contain Sarilumab, 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 Sarilumab and my other medications?
This page covers Sarilumab against supplements and herbal ingredients. Checking Sarilumab 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 Sarilumab Injection drug information.

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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.

🧑‍⚕️ Pharmacist review

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.

🔄 Kept current

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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How every dataset on this site is sourced, licensed, and updated is documented publicly: our data sources · editorial policy · how we use AI.

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.