RNAgent’s Drug Interaction Database indexes and lists prescription drugs and their interactions with herbal supplements. Search by letter or keyword to find a prescription drug and its interactions with herbal and natural ingredients.
Ambien
- Do not drink alcohol with this medication. Alcohol could intensify the effects of Ambien.
- Facts and Comparisons, Clinisphere 2.0, Wolters Kluwer Company, 2000
- Pronsky, Z Food Medication Interactions, 11th edition, 1999
- Many herbs have sedative qualities and could intensify the effects of Ambien. They include: calamus, calendula, chamomile, California poppy, catnip, couch grass, elecampane, ginseng Siberian, goldenseal, gotu kola, hops, Jamaican dogwood, kava, lemon balm, sage, St. John's wort, sassafras, scullcap, shepherd's purse, stinging nettle, valerian, withania root, and yerba mansa.
- Newall CA, Anderson LA, Phillipson JD. Herbal Medicines A Guide for Health-care Professionals. London: The Pharmaceutical Press, 1996.
- Brinker, F Herb Contraindications and Drug Interactions, Eclectic Medical Publications, 1998
- PDR for Herbal Medicines, 2nd edition, Medical Economics Company, 2000
- The Review of Natural Products, Clinisphere 2.0, Wolters Kluwer Company, 2000