Drug & supplement interaction

Corn Poppy + Cimetidine

Cimetidine brand names: Tagamet HB, Tagamet, Cimetidine Injection.

No Known Interaction
The bottom line No known interaction

We found no known interaction between Corn Poppy and Cimetidine in our sources. Absence of a documented interaction is not the same as proven safety, and does not guarantee one does not exist. Do not start, stop, or change a medication or supplement based on this page; confirm with your pharmacist or doctor first.

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Corn Poppy and Cimetidine

We checked these two against our interaction database. Here is what we found.

No Known Interaction Found

We did not find a documented interaction between Cimetidine and Corn Poppy in our sources. This does not guarantee that the combination is completely free of risk — there is often limited research on supplements and herbal products, especially around drug interactions.

If you decide to take both, the practical routine is simple: add one new thing at a time and note the date you started it. If the combination is going to disagree with you, it usually shows in the first days to a couple of weeks — and a start date turns “I’ve been feeling off” into something a pharmacist can actually work with. Do not stop a prescribed medicine on your own.

Always talk with your pharmacist or doctor before making changes to your medications or supplements, particularly if you take several medications or have an ongoing health condition.

Corn Poppy safety at a glance

Corn Poppy overall Use caution Generally low in strong alkaloids, but human safety data are limited and it should be used cautiously.
Pregnancy Avoid Not enough safety information, so it is best avoided during pregnancy.
Breastfeeding Avoid Not enough safety information, so it is best avoided while breastfeeding.

Safety guidance is general; always confirm with your pharmacist or doctor for your situation.

Still wondering about combining Cimetidine and Corn Poppy? Ask Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS directly ›
How we checked

Why No Interaction Is Listed for Cimetidine

Interactions in our licensed database are recorded against drug classes, not just single drug names. Cimetidine is filed under 9 classifications — including h2-blockers, cytochrome p450 2c9 (cyp2c9) inhibitors, cytochrome p450 1a2 (cyp1a2) inhibitors. Corn Poppy has documented interactions with 1 drug class — the most serious being cns depressants (moderate) — and none of Cimetidine’s classifications are among them.

Classification data comes from our licensed Natural Medicines dataset. A medication can belong to classes beyond those recorded there, so this describes how the check was run — it is not a safety guarantee.

Keep it in perspective

Corn Poppy Does Interact With Other Medications

Corn Poppy has 248 moderate known drug interactions in our database — Cimetidine isn’t one of them. If you take anything else, check it against the full list below.

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What to actually watch for

What Corn Poppy Itself Has Been Linked To

This is not an interaction — nothing below involves Cimetidine. It is the side-effect record for Corn Poppy on its own, from the licensed Natural Medicines monograph. If something new turns up after you add Corn Poppy, this list is the first place to look. One entry is worth acting on rather than waiting out — marked below.

  • Hives Worth acting on Additional detail

    “Topically, corn poppy flowers may cause allergic contact urticaria.”

    Corn Poppy · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in urticaria.

    1 source cited
    1. 46284. Gamboa, P. M., Jauregui, I., Urrutia, I., Gonzalez, G., Barturen, P., and Antepara, I. Allergic contact urticaria from poppy flowers (Papaver rhoeas). Contact Dermatitis 1997;37(3):140-141.

Everything above comes from the Natural Medicines adverse-effect record for Corn Poppy — expand a row for the licensed statement it rests on. We read the ADVERSE REACTIONS section of Cimetidine’s FDA label too, and the two lists don’t meaningfully overlap — which is why no Cimetidine column appears here.

From our Q&A

Questions About Corn Poppy or Cimetidine

These are real questions from readers, answered by the pharmacists at HelloPharmacist — written by a person, not generated from a database. Each one covers Corn Poppy or Cimetidine, not necessarily both, but if one is close to what you were about to ask it will usually go further than a database entry can:

Not quite your question? Ask our pharmacists directly — it is free, there is no account required, and answers usually come back within 24 hours.

Everything else you take

See Every Supplement That Interacts With Cimetidine

This page covers Corn Poppy only. If you take other supplements — a multivitamin, a sleep aid, something for joints — the Cimetidine page lists 95 supplements it has a documented interaction with, worst first, each one explained.

The most serious there right now: Activated Charcoal (major), Pu-erh Tea (major), St. John's Wort (major), Adrafinil (moderate) and African Wild Potato (moderate).

By severity: 3 major · 63 moderate · 29 minor.

Open the Cimetidine interaction page

One more smart check

Taking Corn Poppy as Part of a Dietary Supplement Product? Check It for Interactions

We hold 1 real supplement products containing Corn Poppy, each one broken down to its full ingredient list — and combination products often carry several ingredients besides Corn Poppy. Even though Corn Poppy itself has no known interaction with Cimetidine, another ingredient on your label might. Find your product and we’ll check every ingredient on its label:

How much people look this up

Where Corn Poppy and Cimetidine Sit Against Everything Else

Out of every supplement and medication people look up on HelloPharmacist, here is where these two land this week — and which way each has been moving.

Supplement Corn Poppy
Steady interest

#929 of 1,452 supplements looked up here in the last 7 days

29 days ago today
Medication Cimetidine
Steady interest

#1,992 of 2,830 medications looked up here in the last 7 days

29 days ago today

Position among everything looked up on this site, not a measure of how commonly either one is used or how important it is. A supplement can climb this list because of a news story. It counts every request to the page, automated ones included, and nothing here identifies anyone.

Where does our data come from?
  • Source: the Natural Medicines (TRC Healthcare) clinical database — the evidence-graded professional reference for herb & supplement interactions.
  • Citation library: 103,510 references behind our interaction content, 65,311 of them resolved to verified PubMed/DOI sources. See every Corn Poppy reference on this page ↓
  • Freshness: we automatically re-check this combination every week — this pair was last verified September 20, 2026. The Corn Poppy and Cimetidine records this page draws on were last updated July 10, 2026.
  • What “no known interaction” means: no documented interaction in the sources above — not a guarantee of safety. Supplements are studied far less than prescription drugs, so we say exactly what the evidence supports, and nothing more.
Data structure & sourcing designed and verified by .
Supplement

About Corn Poppy

What is Corn Poppy?

Corn Poppy
  • Cough and sore throat
  • Sleep and restlessness
  • Mild pain
  • Anxiety and nervousness
  • Digestive complaints

Corn poppy is a red-flowered plant traditionally used in teas and syrups for cough, sleep, and mild pain. Solid human research is very limited, so its benefits are not well proven, and unlike its relative the opium poppy, it contains only small amounts of weak alkaloids. Talk to a pharmacist or doctor before using it, and avoid it during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

Papaver rhoeas · Papaveraceae · Flowers (petals) and leaves · Tea, syrup, dried petals, tincture, capsules

An interaction check asks whether these two react with each other — it does not ask whether Corn Poppy is a good idea for someone in your situation. Here is what our Corn Poppy record says about it on its own.

Corn Poppy: dosing

There is no well-established or standardized dose for corn poppy. Traditional use generally involves small amounts of the dried petals made into a tea or syrup.Because products vary widely in strength, follow the directions on the product label and do not exceed the suggested amount. Avoid giving it to infants or young children.

From our Corn Poppy monograph — the full record covers uses, side effects and every documented interaction.

Read the full Corn Poppy monograph & all interactions
Medication

About Cimetidine

What Is Cimetidine Used For?

Brand names: Tagamet HB, Tagamet, Cimetidine Injection

Cimetidine tablets sold over the counter — including brands like Acid Controller, Acid Reducer, Basic Care Acid Reducer, Equate Cimetidine, and cimetidine 200 — are used to relieve heartburn associated with acid indigestion and sour stomach, and to prevent heartburn brought on by eating or drinking certain foods and beverages.

Prescription-strength cimetidine tablets and Cimetidine Hydrochloride Oral Solution are used for more serious conditions: short-term treatment of active duodenal ulcers (ulcers in the upper small intestine) and benign gastric ulcers (stomach ulcers), maintenance therapy to keep duodenal ulcers from coming back, healing of erosive GERD (acid reflux that has damaged the lining of the esophagus), and treatment of conditions that cause the stomach to make too much acid — such as Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome, systemic mastocytosis, and multiple endocrine adenomas.

Most-Reported Side Effects for Cimetidine

From FAERS, the FDA’s public side-effect reporting system (0 reports, all brands). Reports are voluntary and are not proof the drug caused the effect.

Chronic kidney disease 1,317 reports
Acute kidney injury 747 reports
Renal failure 715 reports
Nausea 700 reports
Fatigue 614 reports
See full Cimetidine drug information
Keep checking

Other Drugs & Corn Poppy

Browse every other medication we’ve checked against Corn Poppy — both the ones with a known interaction and the ones without. Select any drug for the full detail.

0Major
248Moderate
0Minor
2,581No known interaction
Moderate

248 interactions

Showing 60 of 248 moderate interactions — see all 248 on the Corn Poppy page.

No interaction 2,581 drugs checked — show the list
Evidence & sources

Corn Poppy References

The 2 references that drive our Corn Poppy monograph and interaction data, from the evidence-graded Natural Medicines (TRC Healthcare) database. Citations with a link open the study on PubMed or the publisher’s site.

  1. Soulimani, R., Younos, C., Jarmouni-Idrissi, S., Bousta, D., Khalouki, F., and Laila, A. Behavioral and pharmaco-toxicological study of Papaver rhoeas L. in mice. J Ethnopharmacol 3-3-2001;74(3):265-274. PubMed
  2. Gamboa, P. M., Jauregui, I., Urrutia, I., Gonzalez, G., Barturen, P., and Antepara, I. Allergic contact urticaria from poppy flowers (Papaver rhoeas). Contact Dermatitis 1997;37(3):140-141.

Medication overviews come from MedlinePlus (NIH); supplement label data from the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database. Content is written and reviewed by licensed HelloPharmacist pharmacists — see our data sources and editorial standards.

Pharmacist Counseling Corner

Taking Corn Poppy and Cimetidine Together: Common Questions

Is it safe to take Corn Poppy with Cimetidine?
We do not list a known interaction between Corn Poppy and Cimetidine. That does not guarantee the combination is risk-free, so confirm with your pharmacist or doctor — especially if you take other medications or have a health condition.
How was the Corn Poppy and Cimetidine combination checked?
Interactions in our licensed database are recorded against drug classes. Cimetidine is filed under 9 classifications, and Corn Poppy has documented interactions with 1 drug class — none of Cimetidine's classifications are among them. A medication can belong to classes beyond those recorded in our dataset, so this describes how the check was run rather than guaranteeing safety.
Does Corn Poppy interact with any other medications?
Yes. Corn Poppy has 248 documented drug interactions in our database — Cimetidine is simply not one of them. If you take anything else, it is worth checking each one; they are all listed on this page.
Does Cimetidine interact with any supplements?
Yes. Cimetidine has documented interactions with 95 supplements in our database — Corn Poppy is not one of them. The Cimetidine interaction page linked on this page lists every one, ranked by severity.

Written and reviewed by the HelloPharmacist editorial staff. Our editorial policy

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