Drug & supplement interaction

Dymethazine + Balsalazide Disodium

Balsalazide Disodium brand names: Colazal, Giazo.

No Known Interaction
Medically reviewed by · Updated July 2026 · Pair last verified Sep 13, 2026
The bottom line No known interaction

We found no known interaction between Dymethazine and Balsalazide Disodium 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. Additionally, although there is no interaction, the two are separately associated with some of the same side effects, which would make a new symptom harder to attribute to one or the other.

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Interaction report

Dymethazine and Balsalazide Disodium

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 Balsalazide Disodium and Dymethazine 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.

Worth understanding: our licensed dataset holds no drug-interaction record for Dymethazine at all — not against Balsalazide Disodium, and not against any other medication we track. This verdict therefore rests on the absence of any recorded data, not on research that looked at this combination and found nothing. We cannot rule an interaction out.

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.

Dymethazine safety at a glance

Dymethazine overall Avoid Dymethazine is a designer anabolic steroid with serious liver and hormonal risks and is best avoided entirely.
Pregnancy Possibly Unsafe When used orally. Anabolic androgenic steroids can disrupt the body's hormonal balance and cause various adverse effects including reduced fertility, hair loss,... Read the full pregnancy detail
Breastfeeding Possibly Unsafe When used orally. Anabolic androgenic steroids can disrupt the body's hormonal balance and cause various adverse effects including reduced fertility, hair loss,... Read the full breastfeeding detail

Pregnancy & breastfeeding ratings are from Natural Medicines (Therapeutic Research Center) — the full detail is in the Special populations card below. Safety guidance is general; always confirm with your pharmacist or doctor for your situation.

Still wondering about combining Balsalazide Disodium and Dymethazine? Ask Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS directly ›
What to actually watch for

No Interaction Found — But Data Suggests Dymethazine and Balsalazide Disodium May Share Several of the Same Side Effects

This is not an interaction. Neither one changes how your body handles the other, and nothing here says they react together. What our sources do show is that each has separately been linked to the effects below — so taking both can make those effects more likely to turn up, and harder to pin on one or the other if they do. 3 of them are worth acting on rather than waiting out — marked below.

  • Yellowing of the skin or eyes Worth acting on Additional detail

    Dymethazine

    “There is a case of cholestatic jaundice with elevated liver enzymes, dark urine, clay stools, and pruritus in a 26-year-old male, likely related to the use of a product (Super DMZ Rx 2.0) containing methylstenbolone 10 mg and dymethazine 10 mg per capsule. The product was used at manufacturer-recommended doses of two capsules daily for up to one month. Liver enzyme levels gradually decreased after discontinuation.”

    Dymethazine · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in myasthenia gravis.

    1 source cited
    1. 108298. Agbenyefia P, Arnold CA, Kirkpatrick R 3rd. Cholestatic jaundice with the use of methylstenbolone and dymethazine, designer steroids found in super DMZ Rx 2.0 "Nutritional Supplement": A case report. J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep 2014;2(2):232470961 PubMed

    Balsalazide Disodium

    Listed in the ADVERSE REACTIONS section of the FDA label for Balsalazide Disodium. Read the label on DailyMed ›

  • Kidney problems Worth acting on Additional detail

    Dymethazine

    “Orally, dymethazine is possibly unsafe. As an anabolic androgenic steroid, there is concern that it might cause serious side effects including stroke, kidney failure, and liver injury.”

    Dymethazine · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in kidney failure.

    Balsalazide Disodium

    Listed in the ADVERSE REACTIONS section of the FDA label for Balsalazide Disodium. Read the label on DailyMed ›

  • Liver problems Worth acting on Additional detail

    Dymethazine

    Recorded for Dymethazine in the same Natural Medicines adverse-effect record shown under Kidney problems above.

    Balsalazide Disodium

    Listed in the ADVERSE REACTIONS section of the FDA label for Balsalazide Disodium. Read the label on DailyMed ›

  • Itching Additional detail

    Dymethazine

    Recorded for Dymethazine in the same Natural Medicines adverse-effect record shown under Yellowing of the skin or eyes above.

    Balsalazide Disodium

    Listed in the ADVERSE REACTIONS section of the FDA label for Balsalazide Disodium. Read the label on DailyMed ›

Effects for Balsalazide Disodium come from the ADVERSE REACTIONS section of its FDA label; effects for Dymethazine come from the Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, quoted above. Where a percentage is shown, it is the share of 505 voluntary FDA FAERS reports for Balsalazide Disodium that mention that effect — a reporting proportion, not an incidence rate and not evidence the drug caused it. Wording is matched across sources by our own clinical vocabulary, so treat this as a prompt to pay attention, not a diagnosis.

Special populations

Dymethazine in Pregnancy & Breastfeeding

Pregnancy And Lactation Possibly Unsafe

When used orally. Anabolic androgenic steroids can disrupt the body's hormonal balance and cause various adverse effects including reduced fertility, hair loss, acne, and behavioral changes. Anabolic androgenic steroid use has also been associated with hepatotoxicity and increased risk for heart disease. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and other regulatory agencies warn that dietary supplements containing anabolic steroids are dangerous. Avoid using.

DISCLAIMER: This tool is intended for informational purposes only, and should not be interpreted as specific medical advice. Patients should consult with a qualified healthcare provider before making decisions about therapies and/or health conditions.© 2026 Therapeutic Research Center

Everything else you take

See Every Supplement That Interacts With Balsalazide Disodium

This page covers Dymethazine only. If you take other supplements — a multivitamin, a sleep aid, something for joints — the Balsalazide Disodium page lists 17 supplements it has a documented interaction with, worst first, each one explained.

The most serious there right now: Activated Charcoal (major), Coffee Charcoal (moderate), European Mandrake (moderate), Glucomannan (moderate) and Guar Gum (moderate).

By severity: 1 major · 7 moderate · 9 minor.

From our pharmacist’s overview on the Balsalazide Disodium page

“Balsalazide Disodium (Colazal, Giazo) only works if it reaches the colon intact, and the 17 supplement interactions on file all threaten that journey, so this list deserves real care. Every entry comes down to absorption of the oral dose.”

Reviewed by 2 · Jul 18, 2026

Open the Balsalazide Disodium interaction page

One more smart check

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

We hold 18 real supplement products containing Dymethazine, each one broken down to its full ingredient list — and combination products often carry several ingredients besides Dymethazine. Even though Dymethazine itself has no known interaction with Balsalazide Disodium, 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 Dymethazine and Balsalazide Disodium 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 Dymethazine
Top half

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

29 days ago today
Medication Balsalazide Disodium
Steady interest

#1,596 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 Dymethazine reference on this page ↓
  • Freshness: we automatically re-check this combination every week — this pair was last verified September 13, 2026. The Dymethazine and Balsalazide Disodium 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 Dymethazine

What is Dymethazine?

  • Muscle building
  • Strength gains
  • Bodybuilding bulking cycles
  • Performance enhancement

Dymethazine is a synthetic anabolic-androgenic steroid (a so-called 'prohormone' or 'designer steroid'), not a true dietary supplement or herb. It carries serious health risks including liver damage and hormonal disruption, is banned in sports, and is not approved or recommended for use. We strongly advise against taking it.

Synthetic anabolic-androgenic steroid (not a plant) · Capsules, tablets

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

Dymethazine: dosing

There is no established or recommended safe dose for Dymethazine, because it is not an approved medicine or a legitimate dietary supplement. We do not provide dosing for it.Because it is an anabolic steroid with real health risks, the safest amount is none.

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

Read the full Dymethazine monograph & all interactions
Medication

About Balsalazide

What Is Balsalazide Used For?

Brand names: Colazal, Giazo

Balsalazide disodium capsules (sold as Balsalazide Disodium and Colazal) are used to treat mildly to moderately active ulcerative colitis — a condition where the lining of the colon becomes inflamed and causes symptoms like diarrhea, rectal bleeding, and abdominal pain. This use is approved for adults and for children ages 5 through 17.

The established treatment period is up to 8 weeks in children (ages 5–17) and up to 12 weeks in adults. Safety and effectiveness beyond those time frames have not been established in clinical trials.

Most-Reported Side Effects for Balsalazide Disodium

From FAERS, the FDA’s public side-effect reporting system (505 reports, all brands). Reports are voluntary and are not proof the drug caused the effect.

Diarrhea 43 reports
Injection site pain 39 reports
Colitis ulcerative 32 reports
Fatigue 31 reports
Arthralgia 30 reports
See full Balsalazide drug information
Keep checking

Other Drugs & Dymethazine

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

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No interaction 2,829 drugs checked — show the list

We also checked Dymethazine against these medications and found no known interaction in our sources. Open any page to confirm.

Showing the 60 most looked-up of 2,829 medications checked with no known interaction — see the full Dymethazine list.

See the full Dymethazine interactions page
See every supplement checked against Balsalazide Disodium, ranked by severity
Evidence & sources

Dymethazine References

The 2 references that drive our Dymethazine 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. Joseph JF, Parr MK. Synthetic androgens as designer supplements. Curr Neuropharmacol. 2015;13(1):89-100. PubMed
  2. Agbenyefia P, Arnold CA, Kirkpatrick R 3rd. Cholestatic jaundice with the use of methylstenbolone and dymethazine, designer steroids found in super DMZ Rx 2.0 "Nutritional Supplement": A case report. J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep 2014;2(2):232470961 PubMed

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 Dymethazine and Balsalazide Disodium Together: Common Questions

Is it safe to take Dymethazine with Balsalazide Disodium?
We do not list a known interaction between Dymethazine and Balsalazide Disodium. 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.
Do Dymethazine and Balsalazide Disodium have any of the same side effects?
Yes — our sources link each of them separately to 4 of the same effects. That is not an interaction: neither changes how your body handles the other. It does mean that if one of those effects turns up, it can be harder to tell which one is behind it. They are listed on this page with the source behind each.
Does Balsalazide Disodium interact with any supplements?
Yes. Balsalazide Disodium has documented interactions with 17 supplements in our database — Dymethazine is not one of them. The Balsalazide Disodium 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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