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.
Celontin
- Take medication with food or milk if stomach upset occurs.
- Facts and Comparisons, Clinisphere 2.0, Wolters Kluwer Company, 2000
- Avoid alcohol with this medication.
- Facts and Comparisons, Clinisphere 2.0, Wolters Kluwer Company, 2000
- Ginkgo seed may interact with anticonvulsants, because of its seizure potential.
- Newall CA, Anderson LA, Phillipson JD. Herbal Medicines: A Guide for Health-care Professionals. London: The Pharmaceutical Press, 1996
- Evening primrose oil, black cohosh, and chasteberry may increase seizure potential and should be avoided .
- Shuster J. "Black cohosh root? Chasteberry Tree? Seizures!" Hospital Pharmacy, 1996; 31:1553-554.
- Newall CA, Anderson LA, Philpson JD. Herbal Medicine: A Guide for Healthcare Professionals. London, UK: The Pharmaceutical Press, 1996
- Herbs that cause sedation should be avoided with Celontin because they could increase CNS depressant effects. The herbs are: calamus, calendula, California poppy, catnip, celery, couch grass, elecampane, ginseng Siberian, chamomile (German), goldenseal, gotu kola, hops, Jamaican dogwood, kava, lemon balm, sage, St. John's wort, sassafras, stinging nettle, valerian, wild carrot, withania root, and yerba mansa .
- Newall CA, Anderson LA, Philpson JD. Herbal Medicine: A Guide for Healthcare Professionals. London, UK: 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