Drug & supplement interaction

Heart's Ease + Levothyroxine, Liothyronine

Levothyroxine, Liothyronine brand name: Armour Thyroid.

No Known Interaction
The bottom line No known interaction

We found no known interaction between Heart's Ease and Levothyroxine, Liothyronine 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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Interaction report

Heart's Ease and Levothyroxine, Liothyronine

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 Levothyroxine, Liothyronine and Heart's Ease 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 Heart's Ease at all — not against Levothyroxine, Liothyronine, 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.

Heart's Ease safety at a glance

Heart's Ease overall Use caution Generally considered low-risk in traditional use, but high-quality safety data are limited.
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 Levothyroxine, Liothyronine and Heart's Ease? Ask Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS directly ›
Everything else you take

See Every Supplement That Interacts With Levothyroxine, Liothyronine

This page covers Heart's Ease only. If you take other supplements — a multivitamin, a sleep aid, something for joints — the Levothyroxine, Liothyronine page lists 50 supplements it has a documented interaction with, worst first, each one explained.

The most serious there right now: Activated Charcoal (major), Tiratricol (major), Acetyl-l-carnitine (moderate), Alpha-lipoic Acid (moderate) and Ascophyllum Nodosum (moderate).

By severity: 2 major · 39 moderate · 9 minor.

From our pharmacist’s overview on the Levothyroxine, Liothyronine page

“For anyone taking levothyroxine or liothyronine (Armour Thyroid), this list earns real caution, not just a passing glance. Most of these 50 ingredients pull in one of two directions.”

Reviewed by 2 · Jul 18, 2026

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One more smart check

Taking Heart's Ease as Part of a Dietary Supplement Product? Check It for Interactions

We hold 35 real supplement products containing Heart's Ease, each one broken down to its full ingredient list — and combination products often carry several ingredients besides Heart's Ease. Even though Heart's Ease itself has no known interaction with Levothyroxine, Liothyronine, 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 Heart's Ease and Levothyroxine, Liothyronine 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 Heart's Ease
Top half

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

29 days ago today
Medication Levothyroxine, Liothyronine
Top 5%

#47 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 Heart's Ease reference on this page ↓
  • Freshness: we automatically re-check this combination every week — this pair was last verified September 20, 2026. The Heart's Ease and Levothyroxine, Liothyronine 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 Heart's Ease

What is Heart's Ease?

  • Skin conditions like eczema and cradle cap
  • Mild respiratory complaints (cough)
  • Mild inflammation
  • Diuretic (increasing urine flow)
  • General 'blood cleansing' tonic

Heart's Ease (Viola tricolor) is a traditional European herb used mostly for skin problems and mild coughs. Modern human evidence for these uses is very limited, so it should be seen as a gentle traditional remedy rather than a proven treatment. Talk to your pharmacist or doctor before using it, especially if you are pregnant, breastfeeding, or giving it to a child.

Viola tricolor · Violaceae · Above-ground flowering parts (herb) · Tea, dried herb, tincture, topical preparations, capsules

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

Heart's Ease: dosing

There is no well-established, standardized dose for Heart's Ease. Traditional use varies widely depending on whether it is taken as a tea, tincture, or applied to the skin.The safest approach is to follow the directions on the product label and to start with the lowest suggested amount.

From our Heart's Ease monograph — the full record covers uses, side effects and every documented interaction.

Read the full Heart's Ease monograph & all interactions
Medication

About Levothyroxine, Liothyronine

Most-Reported Side Effects for Levothyroxine, Liothyronine

From FAERS, the FDA’s public side-effect reporting system (15 reports, all brands). Reports are voluntary and are not proof the drug caused the effect.

Fatigue 4 reports
Asthenia 3 reports
Dizziness 3 reports
Arthralgia 2 reports
Disorientation 2 reports
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Other Drugs & Heart's Ease

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

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Evidence & sources

Heart's Ease References

The 4 references that drive our Heart's Ease 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. McGuffin M, Hobbs C, Upton R, Goldberg A, eds. American Herbal Products Association's Botanical Safety Handbook. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, LLC 1997.
  2. Behmanesh Y, Abdollahi M. Hemolysis after consumption of Viola tricolor. WHO Drug Inf (Iran) 2002;16:15-16.
  3. Klovekorn, W., Tepe, A., and Danesch, U. A randomized, double-blind, vehicle-controlled, half-side comparison with a herbal ointment containing Mahonia aquifolium, Viola tricolor and Centella asiatica for the treatment of mild-to-moderate atopic dermatit
  4. Kirichenko TV, Sobenin IA, Markina YV, et al. Clinical effectiveness of a combination of black elder berries, violet herb, and calendula flowers in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the results of a double-blinded placebo-controlled study. Biology (B 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 Heart's Ease and Levothyroxine, Liothyronine Together: Common Questions

Is it safe to take Heart's Ease with Levothyroxine, Liothyronine?
We do not list a known interaction between Heart's Ease and Levothyroxine, Liothyronine. 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 Levothyroxine, Liothyronine interact with any supplements?
Yes. Levothyroxine, Liothyronine has documented interactions with 50 supplements in our database — Heart's Ease is not one of them. The Levothyroxine, Liothyronine interaction page linked on this page lists every one, ranked by severity.

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