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Do Herbal Medication Interact With Azithromycin?

Posted on Sat, 5 Nov 2016

Question: Patient is on many herbal and natural products doing muscle testing with a chiropractor can't find a list of these products that may interact with Azithromycin. Can you help?

Answered by Dr. Shafi Ullah Khan (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Supportive care

Detailed Answer:
Thank you for asking

I read your question and i understand your concern. There is a long list of interactions of different drugs to the azithromycin. Herbal products may or may not interact, it would be easy to help if i know which herbal products are we talking about here the patient is currently using. Apart from it, you can see all the interactions azithromycin has with other drugs here in the below link.

https://www.drugs.com/drug-interactions/azithromycin.html

I hope it helps. take good care of yourself and dont forget to close the discussion please.

Regards
Khan

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Shafi Ullah Khan (15 hours later)

Here are the natural products he is on
Bovine pancreas, pepsin, bovine spleen, ammonium chloride, beating hydrochloride
Gymnema leaf
L.acidophilus, paracasei, Bifidobacterium
D-Glucarate, D-Alpha Lipoic Acid, Broken-cell Chlorella
Tuna omega-3 Oil
Brussels sprout powder, XXXXXXX alfalfa powder
Magnesium Lactate

Answered by Dr. Shafi Ullah Khan (6 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
no interaction

Detailed Answer:
Thank you for getitng back to me

None of these herbal products interact with azithromycin. For precaution, keep the time difference of at least two hours between taking azithromycin and these natural products.

I hope it helps.
Regards
Khan

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar