Drug & supplement interaction

Feingold Diet + Mephenytoin

Mephenytoin brand name: Mesantoin.

No Known Interaction
Medically reviewed by · Updated July 2026 · Pair last verified Sep 20, 2026
The bottom line No known interaction

We found no known interaction between Feingold Diet and Mephenytoin 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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Feingold Diet and Mephenytoin

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 Mephenytoin and Feingold Diet in our sources. This does not guarantee that the combination is completely free of risk — research on Feingold Diet alongside specific medications may be limited.

Worth understanding: our licensed dataset holds no drug-interaction record for Feingold Diet at all — not against Mephenytoin, 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.

Feingold Diet is an eating pattern rather than something you take. Ask your pharmacist or doctor before changing how you eat while on a prescribed medicine: some medicines are dosed around meals, and a change in diet can change how they work. 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.

Feingold Diet safety at a glance

Feingold Diet overall Use caution Generally low risk, but restrictive diets in children can lead to nutrition gaps if not supervised.
Pregnancy Use caution The diet is aimed at children; pregnant people should not follow restrictive diets without medical guidance.
Breastfeeding Use caution Restricting your own diet while breastfeeding is not recommended without a clinician's advice.

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

Still wondering about combining Mephenytoin and Feingold Diet? Ask Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS directly ›
Everything else you take

See Every Supplement That Interacts With Mephenytoin

This page covers Feingold Diet only. If you take other supplements — a multivitamin, a sleep aid, something for joints — the Mephenytoin page lists 215 supplements it has a documented interaction with, worst first, each one explained.

The most serious there right now: 1,4-butanediol (major), Activated Charcoal (major), Beer (major), Gamma-hydroxybutyrate (ghb) (major) and Kava (major).

By severity: 9 major · 178 moderate · 28 minor.

From our pharmacist’s overview on the Mephenytoin page

“Anyone taking mephenytoin (Mesantoin) for seizures should read this page with genuine care rather than as background noise. The biggest cluster of interactions piles sedation on top of a drug that already slows the nervous system, and alcohol, whether beer or wine, sits at the serious end of that group.”

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Where Feingold Diet and Mephenytoin 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 Feingold Diet
Steady interest

#1,079 of 1,452 supplements looked up here in the last 7 days

29 days ago today
Medication Mephenytoin
Steady interest

#1,632 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 Feingold Diet reference on this page ↓
  • Freshness: we automatically re-check this combination every week — this pair was last verified September 20, 2026. The Feingold Diet and Mephenytoin records this page draws on were last updated July 11, 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 .
Eating pattern

About Feingold Diet

What is Feingold Diet?

  • Hyperactivity (ADHD) in children
  • Behavioral problems in kids
  • Attention and focus concerns
  • Childhood sleep and mood issues

The Feingold Diet is an elimination eating plan that removes certain artificial food colors, flavors, sweeteners, preservatives, and some natural salicylate-containing foods, mainly to reduce hyperactivity in children. Scientific evidence is mixed and limited, though a small number of children may be sensitive to specific food additives. If you try it, work with a pediatrician or registered dietitian so your child still gets balanced nutrition.

Elimination diet / structured eating plan

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

Feingold Diet: dosing

There is no pill or standardized "dose" for the Feingold Diet — it is a pattern of eating. It is typically done in phases: a stricter starting period that removes targeted additives and salicylate-rich foods, followed by gradual reintroduction to identify specific triggers.Because the diet can be complex and restrictive, it is best to follow program guidance and work with a registered dietitian or pediatrician to make sure your child's overall diet stays balanced.

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

Read the full Feingold Diet monograph & all interactions
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Other Drugs & Feingold Diet

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

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We also checked Feingold Diet 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 Feingold Diet list.

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See every supplement checked against Mephenytoin, ranked by severity
Evidence & sources

Feingold Diet References

The 2 references that drive our Feingold Diet 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. Conners CK, Goyette CH, Southwick DA, et al. Food additives and hyperkinesis: a controlled double-blind experiment. Pediatrics 1976;58:154-66. DOI
  2. Harley JP, Ray RS, Tomasi L, et al. Hyperkinesis and food additives: testing the Feingold hypothesis. Pediatrics 1978;61:818-28. DOI

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

Following Feingold Diet While Taking Mephenytoin: Common Questions

Is it safe to follow Feingold Diet while taking Mephenytoin?
We do not list a known interaction between Feingold Diet and Mephenytoin. 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.
Does Mephenytoin interact with any supplements?
Yes. Mephenytoin has documented interactions with 215 supplements in our database — Feingold Diet is not one of them. The Mephenytoin interaction page linked on this page lists every one, ranked by severity.

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