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.
Benztropine
- Avoid alcohol
- Facts and Comparisons, Clinisphere 2.0, Wolters Kluwer Company, 2000
- Pronsky, Z Food Medication Interactions, 11th edition, 1999
- Take with food to avoid stomach upset.
- Facts and Comparisons, Clinisphere 2.0, Wolters Kluwer Company, 2000
- Pronsky, Z Food Medication Interactions, 11th edition, 1999
- Drink plenty of fluids to prevent dry mouth.
- Facts and Comparisons, Clinisphere 2.0, Wolters Kluwer Company, 2000
- Pronsky, Z Food Medication Interactions, 11th edition, 1999
- The following herbs have sedative qualities and could intensify the effects of benztropine: 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.
- 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
- Newall CA, Anderson LA, Phillipson JD. Herbal Medicines A Guide for Health-care Professionals. London: The Pharmaceutical Press, 1996.
- Anticholinergic side effects and adverse reactions may increase if chinese club moss, henbane and thorn apple are used with anticholinergic drugs like benztropine.
- Blumenthal, M (Ed.): The Complete German Commission E Monographs: Therapeutic Guide to Herbal Medicines. American Botanical Council. Austin, TX. 1998.
- PDR for Herbal Medicines, 2nd edition, Medical Economics Company, 2000