ZIZYPHUS - Uses, Side Effects, and More

Medications for diabetes (Antidiabetes drugs) interacts with ZIZYPHUS

Zizyphus might lower blood sugar. Diabetes medications are also used to lower blood sugar. Taking zizyphus along with these medications might cause your blood sugar to go too low. Monitor your blood sugar closely. The dose of your diabetes medication might need to be changed. Some medications used for diabetes include glimepiride (Amaryl), glyburide (DiaBeta, Glynase PresTab, Micronase), insulin, metformin (Glucophage), pioglitazone (Actos), rosiglitazone (Avandia), chlorpropamide (Diabinese), glipizide (Glucotrol), tolbutamide (Orinase), and others.

Sedative medications (CNS depressants) interacts with ZIZYPHUS

Zizyphus might cause sleepiness and drowsiness. Medications that cause sleepiness are called sedatives. Taking zizyphus along with sedative medications might cause too much sleepiness. Taking zizyphus along with sedative medications used in surgery might cause prolonged sedation. Some sedative medications include pentobarbital (Nembutal), phenobarbital (Luminal), secobarbital (Seconal), thiopental (Pentothal), fentanyl (Duragesic, Sublimaze), morphine, propofol (Diprivan), and others.

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Medications changed by the liver (Cytochrome P450 1A2 (CYP1A2) substrates) interacts with ZIZYPHUS

Some medications are changed and broken down by the liver. Zizyphus might increase how quickly the liver breaks down these medications. Taking zizyphus at the same time as these medications might decrease their effectiveness. Before taking zizyphus, talk to your healthcare provider if you take any medications that are changed by the liver. Some of these medications that are changed by the liver include amitriptyline (Elavil), caffeine, chlordiazepoxide (Librium), clomipramine (Anafranil), clopidogrel (Plavix), clozapine (Clozaril), cyclobenzaprine (Flexaril), desipramine (Norpramin), diazepam (Valium), estradiol (Estrace, others), flutamide (Eulexin), fluvoxamine (Luvox), grepafloxacin (Raxar), haloperidol (Haldol), imipramine (Tofranil), mexiletine (Mexitil), mirtazapine (Remeron), naproxen (Naprosyn), nortriptyline (Pamelor), olanzapine (Zyprexa), ondansetron (Zofran), propafenone (Rythmol), propranolol (Inderal), riluzole (Rilutek), ropinirole (Requip), ropivacaine (Naropin), tacrine (Cognex), theophylline (Theo-Dur, others), verapamil (Calan, Covera-HS, others), warfarin (Coumadin), and zileuton (Zyflo).

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