Copper
A mineral used to make energy, connective tissue, and blood vessels, and to support the nervous and immune systems.
What it is
Copper is a mineral the body needs to stay healthy. It's used to carry out many important functions, including making energy, connective tissues, and blood vessels, and it also helps maintain the nervous and immune systems and activates genes. Common supplement forms include cupric oxide, cupric sulfate, and copper amino acid chelates.
Known interaction categories
- Insufficient evidence
- Monitor
Published interaction pages on this site
- Copper and CiprofloxacinInsufficient evidence
- Copper and ZincMonitor
- Copper and TurmericInsufficient evidence
- Copper and IronInsufficient evidence
- Copper and MagnesiumInsufficient evidence
- Copper and WarfarinInsufficient evidence
- Copper and Vitamin B12Insufficient evidence
- Copper and PotassiumInsufficient evidence
- Copper and CalciumInsufficient evidence
- Copper and AtorvastatinInsufficient evidence
- Copper and SpironolactoneInsufficient evidence
- Copper and Vitamin KInsufficient evidence
- Copper and CoQ10 (Coenzyme Q10)Insufficient evidence
- Copper and MetforminInsufficient evidence
- Copper and St. John's WortInsufficient evidence
- Copper and LevothyroxineInsufficient evidence
- Copper and LisinoprilInsufficient evidence
- Copper and OmeprazoleInsufficient evidence
- Copper and SertralineInsufficient evidence
- Copper and CreatineInsufficient evidence
- Copper and Vitamin DInsufficient evidence
- Copper and MelatoninInsufficient evidence
- Copper and ProbioticsInsufficient evidence
- Copper and CaffeineInsufficient evidence
- Copper and DoxycyclineInsufficient evidence
Sources
Last reviewed 2026-08-22
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