Safe Use

Last updated November 10, 2026

Our products are dietary supplements for adults. A few plain rules come with each of them, and this page brings them together, product by product. Please read it, and the label of your bottle or jar, before you take any of them. The label printed on the product is the reference: if it ever says something different from this page, follow the more cautious of the two and tell us.

Dietary supplements are not medicines and do not replace one. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

For every UMBER product

• For adults 18 and over.
• If you are pregnant, trying to become pregnant or nursing, take any medication, have a medical condition or are scheduled for surgery, ask your doctor before use.
• Do not take more than the suggested serving. One serving a day.
• Stop use and ask your doctor if you notice any reaction.
• Keep out of reach of children.
• Do not use if the seal is broken or missing.
• Store in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight, cap closed.
• Do not use a product after the date printed on its label.
• Never stop or change a medicine your doctor gave you in order to take a supplement.

Meadow Drops

Directions: shake gently. Add 1 mL to a glass of water after your first meal of the day and drink it. Once a day.

• Contains plants of the daisy family (echinacea, calendula, dandelion, burdock): if you are allergic to ragweed, daisies or related plants, ask your doctor before use.
• Contains echinacea: if you have an autoimmune condition or take immune-suppressing medication, ask your doctor before use.
• Red clover: if you have a hormone-sensitive condition, ask your doctor before use.

Black Walnut Drops

Directions: shake gently. Add 2 mL to a glass of water after your first meal of the day and drink it. Once a day.

• Contains black walnut, a tree nut: do not use if you are allergic to tree nuts.
• Contains sweet wormwood, a plant of the daisy family, and oregano and thyme, plants of the mint family: if you are allergic to ragweed, daisies, oregano, thyme or related plants, do not use.
• Contains sweet wormwood, berberine, neem, pau d'arco and shilajit: do not use if you are pregnant, trying to become pregnant or nursing.
• Berberine, garlic and pau d'arco can interact with medicines, including blood thinners and diabetes medication: ask your doctor first if you take any medication.
• Contains soursop (Annona muricata): if you have Parkinson's disease or another neurological condition, or take blood pressure or diabetes medication, ask your doctor before use.
• Do not take it for more than 30 days in a row unless your doctor says so.

Oregano Softgels

Directions: take 2 softgels with a glass of water and a meal, once a day. Swallow them whole.

• If you are allergic to oregano, thyme, mint, basil or other plants of the mint family, do not use.
• Oregano oil and black seed oil can interact with blood thinners and with blood pressure or diabetes medication: ask your doctor first if you take any medication.
• Contains gelatin: not suitable for vegetarians or vegans.
• Take with water and food; swallow the softgels whole.

Astaxanthin Softgels

Directions: take 2 softgels with a glass of water and a meal, once a day. Swallow them whole.

• Contains coconut (MCT oil): do not use if you are allergic to coconut.
• Contains gelatin: not suitable for vegetarians or vegans.
• If you take blood thinners or blood pressure medication, ask your doctor before use.
• Take with a meal; swallow the softgels whole.

Soursop Drops

Directions: shake gently. Add 2 mL to a glass of water after your first meal of the day and drink it. Once a day.

• Contains ashwagandha: do not use if you are pregnant, trying to become pregnant or nursing; ask your doctor first if you have a thyroid, liver or autoimmune condition or take thyroid, sedative or immune-suppressing medication.
• Contains vitamin D, 200 mcg per serving as listed by the maker, which is above the daily upper intake level for adults: take it only if your doctor says so, and not on the same day as Zeolite Drops or any other product with vitamin D.
• Turmeric and black cumin seed oil can interact with blood thinners and diabetes medication: ask your doctor first if you take any medication.
• Sea moss contains iodine: if you have a thyroid condition, ask your doctor before use.
• Contains soursop (Annona muricata): if you have Parkinson's disease or another neurological condition, or take blood pressure or diabetes medication, ask your doctor before use.
• Contains oregano, a plant of the mint family: if you are allergic to it, do not use.
• Chlorophyllin can turn stools green. If anything worries you, ask your doctor.

Zeolite Drops

Directions: shake well. Add 1 mL to a full glass of water and drink it, once a day, at least 2 hours apart from medicines and other supplements.

• Take it at least 2 hours apart from medicines and other supplements.
• Drink a full glass of water with it.
• Contains vitamin D3 and selenium: count them with any other supplement you take, and do not double up.

Medicines and other supplements

Some plants and nutrients can interact with medicines, which means that taken together, one can change the way the other acts. If you take any medication, ask your doctor or pharmacist before use. Bring the bottle, or a photo of its label, so they can read every ingredient and amount.

• Blood thinners: ask your doctor before you take Black Walnut Drops, Oregano Softgels, Astaxanthin Softgels or Soursop Drops.
• Diabetes medication: ask your doctor before you take Black Walnut Drops, Oregano Softgels or Soursop Drops.
• Blood pressure medication: ask your doctor before you take Black Walnut Drops, Oregano Softgels, Astaxanthin Softgels or Soursop Drops.
• Thyroid or sedative medication: ask your doctor before you take Soursop Drops.
• Immune-suppressing medication: ask your doctor before you take Meadow Drops or Soursop Drops.
• Zeolite Drops: take them at least 2 hours apart from medicines and other supplements.

Tell your doctor and your pharmacist about every supplement you take, especially before surgery or before you start another medicine.

More than one UMBER product: ask your doctor or pharmacist before you take two or more of our products. Some ingredients are in more than one of them, so count them together, and with any other supplement you take, and do not double up:

• vitamin D: Soursop Drops and Zeolite Drops (Soursop Drops list more than the adult upper intake level on their own: not on the same day);
• black seed oil, also called black cumin seed oil (Nigella sativa): Oregano Softgels and Soursop Drops;
• oregano: Black Walnut Drops, Oregano Softgels and Soursop Drops;
• soursop (Annona muricata): Black Walnut Drops and Soursop Drops;
• turmeric: Black Walnut Drops and Soursop Drops.

How to take them

• Drops: shake the bottle gently, measure the serving with the dropper, add it to a glass of water and drink it. Do not put the dropper in your mouth or touch it with your fingers, put it straight back in the bottle, and close the cap.
• Softgels: take them with a glass of water and a meal, and swallow them whole. Do not chew or bite them. If you find softgels hard to swallow, ask your doctor or pharmacist before use.
• One serving a day: if you miss a day, do not take two servings the next day.

Storage

• Store every bottle and jar in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight and heat, cap or lid closed. A cupboard away from the stove and the window suits them well.
• Store the drops upright, and close the cap right after each use.
• Keep the softgels out of the bathroom: steam and humidity are hard on softgels, and they can stick together in a hot place.
• Keep each product in its own bottle or jar, with its label, so the directions, the warnings, the lot number and the date stay with it.
• Do not use a product after the date printed on its label, or if it looks or smells very different from when you first opened it.

Children and pets

• None of our products is for children. Keep every bottle and jar closed and out of reach of children, ideally up high in a closed cupboard. Do not count on a cap to keep a child out.
• Never take a supplement in front of a young child as if it were a sweet, and never call it candy.
• Keep our products away from pets too: some plants, garlic among them, are harmful to cats and dogs. If a pet swallows a product, call your veterinarian or an animal poison control center right away.

If a child swallows a product

1. Take the bottle or jar away, and remove anything left in the child's mouth.
2. Call Poison Control at 1-800-222-1222 right away, even if the child seems fine. Experts answer day and night, at no cost, and tell you what to do.
3. Keep the bottle or jar with you when you call: the label tells them what is inside and how much.
4. Call 911 if the child has collapsed, has a seizure, has trouble breathing or cannot be woken.

Do the same if an adult takes much more than the suggested serving.

Reporting a reaction

If you notice any reaction after taking one of our products, stop use and ask your doctor. In an emergency, such as trouble breathing or a severe allergic reaction, call 911.

Tell us: e-mail contact@umberdrops.com with "Safety" in the subject line. Please include the product, the lot number and date printed on its label, your order number if you have it, what happened and when, how much you took, any other supplements or medicines you take, and how you are now. Send only what is needed. We reply within 2 business days, and faster when we can. We keep a record of every report, look into the batch with the maker, and, when federal law requires it, report a serious adverse event to the FDA. How we handle what you tell us is explained in our Consumer Health Data policy.

Tell the FDA: you can also report a reaction to a dietary supplement directly to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, through its Safety Reporting Portal, or through MedWatch, online or by phone at 1-800-FDA-1088. Your doctor can report it too.

A damaged or tampered product

• Do not use a product if its seal is broken or missing, if the bottle or jar is cracked or leaking, or if anything about it looks wrong, for example a label that does not match the product, or softgels that are broken open.
• Keep it closed and out of reach of children, take photos of the product, its seal, its label and the packaging, and e-mail them to us with "Safety" in the subject line and your order number. The product is replaced or refunded, and there is nothing to mail back. See Damaged, leaking or wrong items.
• If you think a product has been tampered with on purpose, do not use it and do not throw it away. Tell us, and report it to your local police and to the FDA through MedWatch at 1-800-FDA-1088.
• If a bottle breaks, keep children and pets away, pick up the glass with gloves and wipe up the liquid. See A broken or leaking bottle.

Recalls and safety notices

If we ever need to recall a product or share a safety notice, we will e-mail everyone who bought it, using the e-mail address given with the order. We will also post a notice on this page and on the product page, explaining clearly what to do and how we will put it right. Recalls of dietary supplements in the United States are also published by the FDA at fda.gov.

Throwing a product away

To throw away a product you no longer use, or one past its date, close the bottle or jar, put it in a closed bag and put it in your household trash, out of reach of children and pets. You can first mix the drops or softgels with something unappealing, such as used coffee grounds. Do not pour drops down the sink or the toilet. For the empty glass, see Packaging on our Quality & Prop 65 page.

Questions

We cannot give medical advice, and we cannot tell you whether a product suits you: please ask your doctor or pharmacist. For a question about a label, an ingredient or an amount, e-mail us at contact@umberdrops.com. We reply within 2 business days.