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.
Cardura
- The use of alcohol should be limited.
- Pronsky, ZM: Food-Medication Interactions, 11th edition, 1999.
- Cardura may contribute to the depletion of CoQ10. Supplementation may be beneficial.
- Kishi H, Kishi T, Folkers K: Bioenergetics in clinical medicine III - inhibition of coenzyme Q10-enzymes by clinically used antihypertensive drugs, Res Commun Chem Pharmacol, 1975, 12(3):533-40.
- Natural licorice products, Ginseng, and Ephedra (Ma huang) may cause hypertension. If you have high blood pressure, avoid taking these herbs.
- Brinker, F Herb Contraindications and Drug Interactions, Eclectic Medical Publications, 1998
- PDR for Herbal Medicines, 2nd edition, Medical Economics Company, 2000
- These herbs may have cardiac properties that could intensify the effects of Cardura. Some examples of these herbs are : black hellebore, calamus, cereus, cola, coltsfoot, devil's claw, European mistletoe, fenugreek, fumitory, digitalis leaf, hedge mustard, figwort, lily of the valley roots, motherwort, pleurisy root, squill bulb leaf scales, white horehound, mate, scotch broom flower, shepherd's purse, and wild carrot
- Newall CA, Anderson LA, Phillipson JD. Herbal Medicines: A Guide for Health-care Professionals. London: The Pharmaceutical Press, 1996.
- PDR for Herbal Medicines, 2nd edition, Medical Economics Company, 2000
- The Review of Natural Products, Clinisphere 2.0, Wolters Kluwer Company, 2000