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DRUG/HERB INTERACTIONS GUIDE YOHIMBINE HYDROCHLORIDE /I-189

WARFARIN SODIUM
Arnica
(Additive anticoagulant effect)
Bilberry
(Increases prothrombin time;
caution should be observed when
used concurrently)
Feverfew
(Increased antithrombotic effect)
German Chamomile
(Hydroxycoumarin component in
Chamomile may elevate
prothrombin times)
Papaya
(Increased INR levels)
WHITE WILLOW
Alcohol
(Enhances toxicity of salicylates)
Antiplatelet Drugs
(Additive effect with salicylates)
Barbiturates
(Enhances toxicity of salicylates)
Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors
(Potentiates action of salicylates)


Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory
Drugs
(Use with caution; effect not
specified)
Salicylates
(Use with caution; effect not
specified)
WILD YAM
Estrogen
(Additive effect)
Indomethacin
(Wild Yam may decrease the anti-
inflammatory effect of
indomethacin)
WORMWOOD
Phenothiazines
(Wormwood preparations should
not be administered with drugs
known to lower the seizure
threshold)
Trazodone Hydrochloride
(Wormwood preparations should
not be administered with drugs
known to lower the seizure
threshold)

Tricyclic Antidepressants
(Wormwood preparations should
not be administered with drugs
known to lower the seizure
threshold)
XYSMALOBIUM UNDULATUM
{See under Uzara)
YOHIMBE BARK
Antihypertensive agents, unspecified
(May need to adjust
antihypertensive medications due
to hypertensive effect of
Yohimbe)
Ethanol
(Increased anxiogenic effects)
Morphine Sulfate
(Potentiates effects of morphine)
Naltrexone Hydrochloride
(Potentiates Yohimbe side effects)
OTC stimulants
(Potentiates hypertensive effect)
YOHIMBINE HYDROCHLORIDE
Milk Thistle
(Silymarin antagonizes the effect
of yohimbine)
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