Drug & supplement interaction

Ipecac + Clopidogrel

Clopidogrel brand name: Plavix.

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 Ipecac and Clopidogrel 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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Ipecac and Clopidogrel

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 Clopidogrel and Ipecac 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.

Ipecac safety at a glance

Ipecac overall Avoid No longer recommended for home or routine use due to risk of serious harm and lack of proven benefit.
Pregnancy Likely Unsafe When used orally; ipecac is a potential uterine stimulant. Read the full pregnancy detail
Breastfeeding Avoid Safety is not established, so it should be avoided while breastfeeding.

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 Clopidogrel and Ipecac? Ask Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS directly ›
How we checked

Why No Interaction Is Listed for Clopidogrel

Interactions in our licensed database are recorded against drug classes, not just single drug names. Clopidogrel is filed under 7 classifications — including cytochrome p450 2c9 (cyp2c9) substrates, anticoagulant/antiplatelet drugs, cytochrome p450 1a2 (cyp1a2) substrates. Ipecac has documented interactions with 1 drug class — the most serious being activated charcoal (major) — and none of Clopidogrel’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

Ipecac Does Interact With Other Medications

Ipecac has 2 major, known drug interactions in our database — Clopidogrel isn’t one of them. If you take anything else, check it against the full list below.

Major 2 No known interaction 2,828 (incl. Clopidogrel)
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What to actually watch for

No Interaction Found — But Data Suggests Ipecac and Clopidogrel May Share a Side Effect

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. One of them is worth acting on rather than waiting out — marked below.

  • Bleeding or bruising Worth acting on Additional detail

    Ipecac

    “Orally, ipecac syrup can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, GI irritation, dizziness, hypotension, dyspnea, and tachycardia. Rarely, it can also cause intracerebral hemorrhage, pneumomediastinum, retropneumoperitoneum, esophageal bleeding (3,6,11,13,15,18,56390,56440,56447,56448). Chronic use is associated with myopathies and death (6,18,56391,56412,56413,56414,56416,56421,56422,56424).”

    Ipecac · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in arrhythmia.

    6 sources cited
    1. 3. Tyler VE. Herbs of Choice. Binghamton, NY: Pharmaceutical Products Press, 1994.
    2. 6. The Review of Natural Products by Facts and Comparisons. St. Louis, MO: Wolters Kluwer Co., 1999.
    3. 11. Leung AY, Foster S. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. 2nd ed. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1996.
    4. 13. Robbers JE, Speedie MK, Tyler VE. Pharmacognosy and Pharmacobiotechnology. Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins, 1996.
    5. 15. McEvoy GK, ed. AHFS Drug Information. Bethesda, MD: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, 1998.
    6. 18. Gruenwald J, Brendler T, Jaenicke C. PDR for Herbal Medicines. 1st ed. Montvale, NJ: Medical Economics Company, Inc., 1998.

    “Orally, ipecac causes nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and GI irritation (3,6,11,13,15,18,56390,56464). In some cases, these adverse effects are severe. There is a case report of a pneumomediastinum (air in the membrane around the heart) and retropneumoperitoneum (air behind the chest cavity) indicative of esophageal rupture following administration of a therapeutic dose of ipecac.”

    Ipecac · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in diarrhea.

    6 sources cited
    1. 3. Tyler VE. Herbs of Choice. Binghamton, NY: Pharmaceutical Products Press, 1994.
    2. 6. The Review of Natural Products by Facts and Comparisons. St. Louis, MO: Wolters Kluwer Co., 1999.
    3. 11. Leung AY, Foster S. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. 2nd ed. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1996.
    4. 13. Robbers JE, Speedie MK, Tyler VE. Pharmacognosy and Pharmacobiotechnology. Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins, 1996.
    5. 15. McEvoy GK, ed. AHFS Drug Information. Bethesda, MD: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, 1998.
    6. 18. Gruenwald J, Brendler T, Jaenicke C. PDR for Herbal Medicines. 1st ed. Montvale, NJ: Medical Economics Company, Inc., 1998.

    Clopidogrel

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

Reported for Ipecac but not commonly for Clopidogrel: an irregular heartbeat, heart failure, seizures and a fast or pounding heartbeat.

Effects for Clopidogrel come from the ADVERSE REACTIONS section of its FDA label; effects for Ipecac come from the Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, quoted above. Wording is matched across sources by our own clinical vocabulary, so treat this as a prompt to pay attention, not a diagnosis.

Special populations

Ipecac in Pregnancy & Breastfeeding

Pregnancy Likely Unsafe

When used orally; ipecac is a potential uterine stimulant.

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

From our Q&A

Questions About Ipecac or Clopidogrel

These are real questions from readers, answered by the pharmacists at HelloPharmacist — written by a person, not generated from a database. Each one covers Ipecac or Clopidogrel, 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 Clopidogrel

This page covers Ipecac only. If you take other supplements — a multivitamin, a sleep aid, something for joints — the Clopidogrel page lists 309 supplements it has a documented interaction with, worst first, each one explained.

The most serious there right now: Activated Charcoal (major), Danshen (major), Grapefruit (major), Piracetam (major) and St. John's Wort (major).

By severity: 5 major · 258 moderate · 46 minor.

From our pharmacist’s overview on the Clopidogrel page

“Clopidogrel (Plavix) keeps platelets from sticking together after a stent, heart attack, or stroke, which makes this a list to take carefully. Of the 309 supplements and herbs on file, 202 carry blood-thinning or antiplatelet activity of their own and can stack bleeding risk on top of the drug's, while most of the rest change how the l…”

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How much people look this up

Where Ipecac and Clopidogrel 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 Ipecac
Top half

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

29 days ago today
Medication Clopidogrel
Top 1%

#14 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 Ipecac reference on this page ↓
  • Freshness: we automatically re-check this combination every week — this pair was last verified September 13, 2026. The Ipecac and Clopidogrel 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 .
Supplement

About Ipecac

What is Ipecac?

  • Inducing vomiting after poisoning (historical)
  • Cough and chest congestion (expectorant)
  • Nausea and vomiting (homeopathic use)
  • Amebic dysentery (historical)

Ipecac comes from the root of a South American plant and was once widely used as syrup of ipecac to make people vomit after swallowing poison. Medical groups no longer recommend it for poisoning because it is not proven helpful and can be dangerous, and misuse has caused serious harm. There is no safe, established home use for ipecac today, and you should call Poison Control rather than reach for it.

Carapichea ipecacuanha · Rubiaceae · Dried root and rhizome · Syrup (syrup of ipecac), tincture, liquid extract, homeopathic preparations

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

Ipecac: dosing

There is no recommended over-the-counter dose for ipecac because it is no longer advised for home use. We will not provide dosing amounts here, since using ipecac on your own can be harmful.If you have a product on hand, do not use it for poisoning—instead, call your Poison Control center or emergency services right away, as they can give the safest, up-to-date advice.For any homeopathic ipecac product, follow the directions on the label, but be aware these products are not proven to work.

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

Read the full Ipecac monograph & all interactions
Medication

About Clopidogrel

What Is Clopidogrel Used For?

Brand name: Plavix

Clopidogrel tablets are used to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke in people with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) — including unstable angina and non-ST-elevation or ST-elevation heart attacks — and in people with a history of recent heart attack, recent stroke, or established peripheral arterial disease. For ACS, it is typically given alongside aspirin.

It works by preventing platelets (blood cells that trigger clotting) from clumping together, which helps keep arteries open and lowers the chance of a dangerous clot forming.

Most-Reported Side Effects for Clopidogrel

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.

Dyspnea 10,950 reports
Myocardial infarction 10,227 reports
Fatigue 9,428 reports
Gastrointestinal haemorrhage 8,776 reports
Nausea 8,686 reports
See full Clopidogrel drug information
Keep checking

Other Drugs & Ipecac

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

2Major
0Moderate
0Minor
2,827No known interaction
2 Major 2,827 No interaction
Major

2 interactions

No interaction 2,827 drugs checked — show the list

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

Showing the 60 most looked-up of 2,827 medications checked with no known interaction — see the full Ipecac list.

See the full Ipecac interactions page
See every supplement checked against Clopidogrel, ranked by severity
Evidence & sources

Ipecac References

The 39 references that drive our Ipecac 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. Tyler VE. Herbs of Choice. Binghamton, NY: Pharmaceutical Products Press, 1994.
  2. The Review of Natural Products by Facts and Comparisons. St. Louis, MO: Wolters Kluwer Co., 1999.
  3. Leung AY, Foster S. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. 2nd ed. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1996.
  4. McGuffin M, Hobbs C, Upton R, Goldberg A, eds. American Herbal Products Association's Botanical Safety Handbook. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, LLC 1997.
  5. Robbers JE, Speedie MK, Tyler VE. Pharmacognosy and Pharmacobiotechnology. Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins, 1996.
  6. McEvoy GK, ed. AHFS Drug Information. Bethesda, MD: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, 1998.
  7. Gruenwald J, Brendler T, Jaenicke C. PDR for Herbal Medicines. 1st ed. Montvale, NJ: Medical Economics Company, Inc., 1998.
  8. Brinker F. Herb Contraindications and Drug Interactions. 2nd ed. Sandy, OR: Eclectic Medical Publications, 1998.
  9. Burnham TH, ed. Drug Facts and Comparisons, Updated Monthly. Facts and Comparisons, St. Louis, MO.
  10. Ipecac for the home treatment of poisonings. Pharmacist's Letter/Prescriber's Letter 2003;19(12):191201.
  11. Anon. Position paper: Ipecac syrup. J Toxicol Clin Toxicol 2004;42:133-43. PubMed
  12. Wax, P. M., Cobaugh, D. J., and Lawrence, R. A. Should home ipecac-induced emesis be routinely recommended in the management of toxic berry ingestions? Vet.Hum.Toxicol. 1999;41(6):394-397.
  13. Bond, G. R. Home syrup of ipecac use does not reduce emergency department use or improve outcome. Pediatrics 2003;112(5):1061-1064. PubMed
  14. Meadows-Oliver, M. Syrup of ipecac: new guidelines from the AAP. J.Pediatr.Health Care 2004;18(2):109-110.
  15. Silber, T. J. Ipecac syrup abuse, morbidity, and mortality: isn't it time to repeal its over-the-counter status? J Adolesc.Health 2005;37(3):256-260. 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 Ipecac and Clopidogrel Together: Common Questions

Is it safe to take Ipecac with Clopidogrel?
We do not list a known interaction between Ipecac and Clopidogrel. 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 Ipecac and Clopidogrel have any of the same side effects?
Yes — our sources link each of them separately to one 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.
How was the Ipecac and Clopidogrel combination checked?
Interactions in our licensed database are recorded against drug classes. Clopidogrel is filed under 7 classifications, and Ipecac has documented interactions with 1 drug class — none of Clopidogrel'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 Ipecac interact with any other medications?
Yes. Ipecac has 2 documented drug interactions in our database — Clopidogrel 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 Clopidogrel interact with any supplements?
Yes. Clopidogrel has documented interactions with 309 supplements in our database — Ipecac is not one of them. The Clopidogrel 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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