Drug & supplement interaction

Olive + Verapamil

Verapamil brand names: Isoptin SR, Verelan, Isoptin, Calan SR, Verelan SR, and others.

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 Olive and Verapamil 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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Olive and Verapamil

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 Verapamil and Olive 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 Olive at all — not against Verapamil, 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.

Olive safety at a glance

Olive overall Use caution Olive as food and oil is very safe, but concentrated supplements are less studied.
Pregnancy Use caution Olive oil and olives as food are fine, but avoid concentrated supplements unless your doctor approves.
Breastfeeding Use caution Olives and olive oil are safe foods, but the safety of concentrated supplements is not well known.

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

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

No Interaction Found — But Data Suggests Olive and Verapamil 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.

  • Stomach upset Additional detail

    Olive

    “Orally, olive fruit is well tolerated when used in typical food amounts. Olive leaf extract seems to be well tolerated.

    Most Common Adverse Effects:

    Orally: Headache and stomach discomfort.”

    Olive · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in cluster headache.

    Verapamil

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

  • Headache Additional detail

    Olive

    “Orally, three patients in one clinical trial reported headache after using olive leaf extract.”

    Olive · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in cluster headache.

    1 source cited
    1. 101860. Somerville V, Moore R, Braakhuis A. The effect of olive leaf extract on upper respiratory illness in high school athletes: A randomised control trial. Nutrients. 2019;11(2). pii: E358. PubMed

    Verapamil

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

Reported for Olive but not commonly for Verapamil: acne.

Effects for Verapamil come from the ADVERSE REACTIONS section of its FDA label; effects for Olive 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.

From our Q&A

Questions About Olive or Verapamil

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

This page covers Olive only. If you take other supplements — a multivitamin, a sleep aid, something for joints — the Verapamil page lists 295 supplements it has a documented interaction with, worst first, each one explained.

The most serious there right now: Activated Charcoal (major), American Hellebore (major), American Mistletoe (major), Beer (major) and Coleus (major).

By severity: 10 major · 245 moderate · 40 minor.

From our pharmacist’s overview on the Verapamil page

“This is one of the longer interaction lists we publish, and with verapamil (Calan, Verelan) it warrants genuine care, starting with the ten major-rated entries. Verapamil lowers blood pressure and slows the heart, so most of the 295 ingredients on file either push that effect further than intended or change how much of the drug reaches…”

Reviewed by 2 · Jul 18, 2026

Open the Verapamil interaction page

One more smart check

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

We hold 2,653 real supplement products containing Olive, each one broken down to its full ingredient list — and combination products often carry several ingredients besides Olive. Even though Olive itself has no known interaction with Verapamil, 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 Olive and Verapamil 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 Olive
Top 10%

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

29 days ago today
Medication Verapamil
Top 25%

#331 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 Olive reference on this page ↓
  • Freshness: we automatically re-check this combination every week — this pair was last verified September 20, 2026. The Olive and Verapamil 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 Olive

What is Olive?

Olive
  • Heart health
  • High blood pressure
  • High cholesterol
  • Antioxidant support
  • Antimicrobial
  • General wellness

Olive comes from the same tree that gives us olives and olive oil, and its leaf and fruit contain antioxidant compounds like oleuropein and hydroxytyrosol. Olive oil as part of a Mediterranean diet is well-studied for heart health, but supplements made from olive leaf or fruit extract have less solid evidence. Talk to your pharmacist or doctor before starting any supplement, especially if you have health conditions or take medications.

Olea europaea · Oleaceae · Leaves and fruit (including olive fruit pulp and olive oil) · Capsules, tablets, liquid extracts, teas, olive leaf extract, olive oil

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

Olive: dosing

There is no official standard dose for olive leaf or olive fruit supplements. Products vary widely in their strength and in how much oleuropein or hydroxytyrosol they contain.The best advice is to follow the directions on the product label and not exceed the recommended amount.

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

Read the full Olive monograph & all interactions
Medication

About Verapamil

What Is Verapamil Used For?

Brand names: Isoptin SR, Verelan, Isoptin, Calan SR, Verelan SR, Calan, Covera HS, Verap, Veramil

Verapamil tablets and film-coated tablets are used to treat angina — including vasospastic (Prinzmetal's) angina, unstable angina, and chronic stable angina — as well as certain abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias) and high blood pressure (essential hypertension). For arrhythmias, regular-release tablets are used alongside digoxin to control heart rate in atrial flutter or atrial fibrillation, and to help prevent episodes of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (SVT), a type of rapid heartbeat.

Extended-release and sustained-release oral forms (tablets and capsules) are indicated specifically for high blood pressure. Verapamil hydrochloride injection is used in hospital settings for rapid conversion of SVT to normal rhythm and for temporary control of fast heart rates in atrial flutter or atrial fibrillation.

Most-Reported Side Effects for Verapamil

From FAERS, the FDA’s public side-effect reporting system (4,297 reports, all brands). Reports are voluntary and are not proof the drug caused the effect.

Dyspnea 352 reports
Nausea 351 reports
Dizziness 295 reports
Hypotension 293 reports
Fatigue 275 reports
See full Verapamil drug information
Keep checking

Other Drugs & Olive

Browse every other medication we’ve checked against Olive — 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 Olive 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 Olive list.

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

Olive References

The 2 references that drive our Olive 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. Liccardi G, D'Amato M, D'Amato G. Oleaceae pollinosis: a review. Int Arch Allergy Immunol 1996;111:210-7. PubMed
  2. Somerville V, Moore R, Braakhuis A. The effect of olive leaf extract on upper respiratory illness in high school athletes: A randomised control trial. Nutrients. 2019;11(2). pii: E358. 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 Olive and Verapamil Together: Common Questions

Is it safe to take Olive with Verapamil?
We do not list a known interaction between Olive and Verapamil. 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 Olive and Verapamil have any of the same side effects?
Yes — our sources link each of them separately to 2 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 Verapamil interact with any supplements?
Yes. Verapamil has documented interactions with 295 supplements in our database — Olive is not one of them. The Verapamil 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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