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Milk Thistle
What drug interactions occur with milk thistle?
Milk thistlemay increase the effects of drugs that decrease blood sugar levels (hypoglycemic drugs) and may interfere with drugs used to treat human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection (such asindinavirorsaquinavir).Milk thistlemay increase the effects ofwarfarin, sometimes resulting in bleeding.Milk thistlemay increase the blood levels of drugs that have certain chemical similarities (such as some chemotherapy drugs, calcium channel blockers, and some antibiotics). 