Drug & supplement interaction

Low Oxalate Diet + Paroxetine

Paroxetine brand names: Paxil CR, Paxil, Brisdelle.

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

We found no known interaction between Low Oxalate Diet and Paroxetine 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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Low Oxalate Diet and Paroxetine

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

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

Low Oxalate 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.

Low Oxalate Diet safety at a glance

Low Oxalate Diet overall Use caution Generally safe for most adults but can be overly restrictive and may unbalance nutrition if not planned well.
Pregnancy Use caution Discuss any restrictive diet with your provider during pregnancy to be sure nutrient needs are met.
Breastfeeding Use caution Work with a provider to keep your diet balanced while nursing.

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

Still wondering about combining Paroxetine and Low Oxalate Diet? Ask Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS directly ›
What to actually watch for

What Paroxetine’s Own FDA Label Lists

This is not an interaction — none of it involves Low Oxalate Diet. These are the most notable effects listed in the ADVERSE REACTIONS section of Paroxetine’s own FDA label, for the medication by itself. Knowing the drug’s own list makes it easier to work out the likely cause if something new turns up while you follow Low Oxalate Diet and take the medicine. 10 of them are worth acting on rather than waiting out — marked below.

  • Mania or an unusually elevated mood Worth acting on
  • Serotonin syndrome Worth acting on
  • Thoughts of self-harm Worth acting on
  • Bone thinning Worth acting on
  • Muscle weakness Worth acting on
  • Memory problems Worth acting on
  • Low sodium Worth acting on
  • Confusion Worth acting on
  • Seizures Worth acting on
  • Chest pain Worth acting on

Showing the 10 most notable of 42 label-listed effects — ranked by how unusual each one is across medicines generally, with serious effects weighted up.

From the ADVERSE REACTIONS section of the FDA label for Paroxetine. Read the label on DailyMed › Low Oxalate Diet’s licensed record lists no adverse effects our clinical vocabulary could match, so there is no Low Oxalate Diet side to compare — that is a limit of the record, not a statement that Low Oxalate Diet has no side effects.

From our Q&A

Questions About Low Oxalate Diet or Paroxetine

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

This page covers Low Oxalate Diet only. If you take other supplements — a multivitamin, a sleep aid, something for joints — the Paroxetine page lists 134 supplements it has a documented interaction with, worst first, each one explained.

The most serious there right now: Activated Charcoal (major), Iboga (major), Lithium (major), 1,3-dmaa (moderate) and 5-htp (moderate).

By severity: 3 major · 105 moderate · 26 minor.

From our pharmacist’s overview on the Paroxetine page

“I treat paroxetine (Paxil, Paxil CR, Brisdelle) as a medication where supplement choices genuinely matter, not one to wave through. This antidepressant raises serotonin, so about twenty of the ingredients listed here, lithium among them, can push serotonin too high and risk serotonin syndrome, a dangerous reaction.”

Reviewed by 2 · Jul 18, 2026

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How much people look this up

Where Low Oxalate Diet and Paroxetine 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 Low Oxalate Diet
Steady interest

#1,026 of 1,452 supplements looked up here in the last 7 days

29 days ago today
Medication Paroxetine
Top half

#973 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 Low Oxalate Diet reference on this page ↓
  • Freshness: we automatically re-check this combination every week — this pair was last verified September 13, 2026. The Low Oxalate Diet and Paroxetine records this page draws on were last updated June 22, 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 Low Oxalate Diet

What is Low Oxalate Diet?

  • Prevention of calcium-oxalate kidney stones
  • Reducing high urine oxalate levels
  • Management of recurrent kidney stones
  • Hyperoxaluria

A low oxalate diet limits foods high in oxalate (like spinach, rhubarb, nuts, and certain beans) to help lower the amount of oxalate in your urine. It is most often recommended for people who form calcium-oxalate kidney stones, but it works best alongside other steps like staying well hydrated and getting enough dietary calcium. Talk with your doctor, pharmacist, or a dietitian before making major diet changes.

Dietary plan (meal planning, food lists)

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

Low Oxalate Diet: dosing

There is no single "dose" for a low oxalate diet. Recommendations vary, but a common approach is to limit total daily oxalate intake and focus on avoiding the highest-oxalate foods. Because exact targets differ from person to person, your provider or dietitian can set a goal that fits you.General supportive steps often recommended alongside the diet include drinking enough fluid to keep urine pale, getting adequate calcium from food, and limiting excess salt and animal protein.

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

Read the full Low Oxalate Diet monograph & all interactions
Medication

About Paroxetine

What Is Paroxetine Used For?

Brand names: Paxil CR, Paxil, Brisdelle

Paroxetine tablets, film-coated tablets, and oral suspensions are approved in adults for major depressive disorder (MDD), obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The extended-release tablet forms (Paxil CR, paroxetine HCL CR, and paroxetine extended-release tablets) are approved in adults for MDD, panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, and premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD).

Brisdelle (paroxetine 7.5 mg capsule) and generic paroxetine capsules are approved specifically for moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms (hot flashes) associated with menopause — not for any psychiatric condition. Paroxetine tablets are not approved for use in children.

Most-Reported Side Effects for Paroxetine

From FAERS, the FDA’s public side-effect reporting system (91,207 reports, all brands). Reports are voluntary and are not proof the drug caused the effect.

Drug withdrawal syndrome 6,210 reports
Nausea 6,139 reports
Dizziness 5,469 reports
Fatigue 5,430 reports
Anxiety 5,396 reports
See full Paroxetine drug information
Keep checking

Other Drugs & Low Oxalate Diet

Browse every other medication we’ve checked against Low Oxalate Diet — 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 Low Oxalate 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 Low Oxalate Diet list.

See the full Low Oxalate Diet interactions page
See every supplement checked against Paroxetine, ranked by severity
Evidence & sources

Low Oxalate Diet References

The 6 references that drive our Low Oxalate 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. Noori N, Honarkar E, Goldfarb DS, et al. Urinary lithogenic risk profile in recurrent stone formers with hyperoxaluria: a randomized controlled trial comparing DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension)-style and low-oxalate diets. Am J Kidney Dis. 20 PubMed
  2. Gleeson MJ, Thompson S, Mehta S, Griffith DP. Effect or unprocessed wheat bran on calciuria and oxaluria in patients with urolithiasis. Urology. 1990 March;35(3):231-4.
  3. Thomas E, von Unruh GE, Hesse A. Influence of a low- and a high-oxalate vegetarian diet on intestinal oxalate absorption and urinary excretion. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2008 Sep;62(9):1090-7. PubMed
  4. Zimmermann DJ, Hesse A, von Unruh GE. Influence of a high-oxalate diet on intestinal oxalate absorption. World J Urol. 2005 Nov;23(5):324-9. PubMed
  5. Baggish MS, Sze EH, Johnson R. Urinary oxalate excretion and its role in vulvar pain syndrome. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1997 Sep;177(3):507-11. PubMed
  6. Awad-Igbaria Y, Palzur E, Nasser M, Vieira-Baptista P, Bornstein J. Changes in the Vaginal Microbiota of Women With Secondary Localized Provoked Vulvodynia. J Low Genit Tract Dis 2022;26(4):339-344. 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

Following Low Oxalate Diet While Taking Paroxetine: Common Questions

Is it safe to follow Low Oxalate Diet while taking Paroxetine?
We do not list a known interaction between Low Oxalate Diet and Paroxetine. 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 Paroxetine interact with any supplements?
Yes. Paroxetine has documented interactions with 134 supplements in our database — Low Oxalate Diet is not one of them. The Paroxetine 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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