Terminalia + Amiloride, Hydrochlorothiazide

Terminalia has 933 moderate known drug interactions in our database — Amiloride, Hydrochlorothiazide isn’t one of them. If you take anything else, check it against the full list below.

We haven’t checked that one against Terminalia yet — ask our pharmacists directly.

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At least one FDA label for a product containing Amiloride, Hydrochlorothiazide says to take it with food. If you take Terminalia on an empty stomach out of habit, keep them separate — and take Amiloride, Hydrochlorothiazide with a meal where the label says to.

This may not be true of your version. Food instructions belong to the product, not the ingredient: two Amiloride, Hydrochlorothiazide products can carry different directions, and extended-release forms often differ from immediate-release ones. The label we read is quoted below — check the directions on your own box or bottle, or ask your pharmacist, for how to take the exact product you were given.

A food rule is not an interaction — it is about how much of the medicine you absorb. The directions that came with your own product, and your pharmacist, outrank anything on this page.

These two come up together because they touch the same health topic — not because they do the same job. Amiloride, Hydrochlorothiazide is a prescription medicine with approved uses on its FDA label. Terminalia is a supplement: what follows is what researchers have looked at it for, and how strong that evidence is.

Amiloride, Hydrochlorothiazide is prescribed for: Amiloride hydrochloride and hydrochlorothiazide tablets are used for patients with high blood pressure (hypertension) or congestive heart failure who tend to develop low potassium (hypokalemia) when taking a thiazide or other diuretic alone — or for whom keeping potassium levels in a normal range is especially important, such as people taking digoxin or those with significant heart rhythm problems. The tablets may be used on their own or alongside other blood pressure medicines, such as methyldopa or beta blockers. This combination product is not intended as the first-choice treatment for swelling (edema) or high blood pressure unless low potassium is a specific concern.

Terminalia has been studied for:

• Heart failure studied, not established Terminalia has been studied for this. Natural Medicines rates the evidence: Insufficient Reliable Evidence To Rate Read what the research shows

  Terminalia for heart failure

  The effects of Terminalia arjuna in patients with heart failure is unclear; evidence to date comes from small, short-term clinical studies, and results are conflicting.

• Hypertension studied, not established Terminalia has been studied for this. Natural Medicines rates the evidence: Insufficient Reliable Evidence To Rate Read what the research shows

  Terminalia for hypertension

  It is unclear if oral Terminalia arjuna is beneficial for reducing blood pressure.

Effectiveness ratings and the research summaries above are the verbatim record from the Natural Medicines database, which grades evidence from “Effective” down to “Insufficient Reliable Evidence To Rate”. A rating below the top of that scale means researchers have looked at it — not that it works, and never that it can stand in for a prescribed medicine. Do not stop or replace Amiloride, Hydrochlorothiazide on your own; if you are taking Terminalia for the same health topic, tell your prescriber, especially if the medicine is being adjusted to a target.

This page covers Terminalia only. If you take other supplements — a multivitamin, a sleep aid, something for joints — the Amiloride, Hydrochlorothiazide page lists 236 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), Asarabacca (major) and Dolomite (major).

By severity: 10 major · 199 moderate · 27 minor.

Open the Amiloride, Hydrochlorothiazide interaction page ›

We hold 306 real supplement products containing Terminalia, each one broken down to its full ingredient list — and combination products often carry several ingredients besides Terminalia. Even though Terminalia itself has no known interaction with Amiloride, Hydrochlorothiazide, another ingredient on your label might. Find your product and we’ll check every ingredient on its label:

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.

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.

Natural Medicines records Amiloride, Hydrochlorothiazide as a medicine that can lower these. This is not an interaction with Terminalia — it is a separate effect of the medicine, and it is a reason some people are advised to supplement rather than to avoid one:

• COENZYME Q10›
• FOLIC ACID›
• MAGNESIUM›
• POTASSIUM›
• SODIUM›
• THIAMINE›
• VITAMIN C›
• ZINC›

Read the full Amiloride, Hydrochlorothiazide nutrient depletion report ›

Depletion records come from the licensed Natural Medicines database. Do not start a supplement on the strength of this page — ask your pharmacist or doctor whether it applies to you.