Garlic

26 interactions 2 explained in plain English
Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS
Medically reviewed by Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS · Updated Jul 11, 2026 · Editorial policy · Data sources

Sources: FDA prescribing information (Structured Product Labeling), the published literature cited in each entry, DDInter 2.0 (a major open-access drug-interaction database), and legacy DrugBank interaction data distributed by the NIH's RxNav service (decommissioned in 2024) — analyzed and reviewed by our pharmacist team. How we build this library →

Most serious with: Atogepant Betrixaban Nifedipine Amlodipine Heparin Injection Fondaparinux Injection
10 Major 16 Moderate
All (26) Major (10) Moderate (16)

Major

Garlic Atogepant Qulipta Reduced atogepant exposure Details Garlic Betrixaban Bevyxxa® Increased risk of bleeding Details Garlic Cariprazine Vraylar Explained Effects on the cariprazine exposure has not been evaluated and the net effect is unclear Details Garlic Amlodipine Amvaz® Reduced amLODIPine exposure Details Garlic Fondaparinux Arixtra Increased risk of bleeding Details Garlic Fondaparinux Injection Arixtra Increased risk of bleeding Details Garlic Heparin Increased risk of bleeding Details Garlic Heparin Injection Lipo-Hepin® Increased risk of bleeding Details Garlic Lumateperone Caplyta Reduced lumateperone exposure Details Garlic Nifedipine Adalat® Reduced NIFEdipine exposure Details

Moderate

Garlic Apixaban Eliquis Explained Increased exposure of apixaban and an increased risk of bleeding Details Garlic Aspirin Acuprin® Increased risk of bleeding Details Garlic Aspirin Rectal Aspirin Increased risk of bleeding Details Garlic Anagrelide Agrylin Increased risk of bleeding Details Garlic Clopidogrel Plavix Increased risk of bleeding and reduced clopidogrel active metabolite exposure Details Garlic Dabigatran Pradaxa® An increased risk of bleeding Details Garlic Dabigatran Etexilate An increased risk of bleeding Details Garlic Dalteparin Injection Fragmin Increased risk of bleeding Details Garlic Dipyridamole Permole® Increased risk of bleeding Details Garlic Edoxaban Savaysa An increased risk of bleeding Details Garlic Enoxaparin Lovenox Increased risk of bleeding Details Garlic Enoxaparin Injection Lovenox Increased risk of bleeding Details Garlic Epoprostenol Flolan Increased risk of bleeding Details Garlic Hydrocortisone Ala-Cort Reduced hydrocortisone exposure Details Garlic Hydrocortisone Injection A-Hydrocort® Reduced hydrocortisone exposure Details Garlic Iloprost Aurlumyn Increased risk of bleeding Details

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