What herbs and supplements can interact with sesame supplements?

Sesame may lower blood sugar levels. Caution is advised when using herbs or supplements that may also lower blood sugar. Blood glucose levels may require monitoring, and doses may need adjustment.

Sesame may increase the risk of bleeding when taken with herbs and supplements that are believed to increase the risk of bleeding. Multiple cases of bleeding have been reported with the use of Ginkgo biloba, and fewer cases with garlic and saw palmetto. Numerous other agents may theoretically increase the risk of bleeding, although this has not been proven in most cases.

Sesame may cause low blood pressure. Caution is advised in patients taking herbs or supplements that lower blood pressure. Sesame may increase the amount of drowsiness caused by some herbs or supplements.

Sesame may interfere with the way the body processes certain herbs or supplements using the liver's cytochrome P450 enzyme system. As a result, the levels of other herbs or supplements may change in the blood. It may also alter the effects that other herbs or supplements potentially may have on the P450 system. Because sesame contains estrogen-like chemicals, the effects of other agents believed to have estrogen-like properties may be altered.

Sesame may also interact with antiacne herbs and supplements, antianxiety herbs and supplements, antibacterials, anticancer herbs and supplements, antifungals, anti-inflammatory agents, antioxidants, antiulcer herbs and supplements, beta-carotene, blood vessel dilating herbs and supplements, borage seed oil, calcium, cholesterol-lowering herbs and supplements, conjugated linoleic acid, fertility herbs and supplements, fish oil, gamma-linolenic acid (GLA), herbs and supplements that may affect the immune system, herbs and supplements that may damage the liver, herbs and supplements that prevent nausea and vomiting, hormonal herbs and supplements, iron, laxatives, linseed oil, neurologic herbs and supplements, painkillers, vitamin C, vitamin E, weight loss herbs and supplements, and wound-healing herbs and supplements.

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