Drug & supplement interaction

Wine + Pantoprazole

Pantoprazole brand names: Protonix, Pantoloc, Protonix IV.

No Known Interaction
The bottom line No known interaction

We found no known interaction between Wine and Pantoprazole 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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Wine and Pantoprazole

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 Pantoprazole and Wine 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.

Wine safety at a glance

Wine overall Use caution Wine contains alcohol, which can harm health and become habit-forming even in moderate amounts.
Pregnancy Likely Unsafe When used orally; alcohol is a teratogen. Use during pregnancy is associated with significant risk of spontaneous abortion, fetal alcohol syndrome, and developm... Read the full pregnancy detail
Breastfeeding Likely Unsafe When used orally. Alcohol is secreted in breast milk. Chronic use can cause abnormal psychomotor development and disrupt the infant's sleep-wake pattern. Alcoho... Read the full breastfeeding detail

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 Pantoprazole and Wine? Ask Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS directly ›
How we checked

Why No Interaction Is Listed for Pantoprazole

Interactions in our licensed database are recorded against drug classes, not just single drug names. Pantoprazole is filed under 4 classifications — including proton pump inhibitors (ppis), cytochrome p450 2c19 (cyp2c19) substrates, cytochrome p450 3a4 (cyp3a4) substrates. Wine has documented interactions with 37 drug classes — the most serious being aspirin (major), cisapride (propulsid) (major) and cns depressants (major) — and none of Pantoprazole’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

Wine Does Interact With Other Medications

Wine has 656 major, 270 moderate known drug interactions in our database — Pantoprazole isn’t one of them. If you take anything else, check it against the full list below.

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What to actually watch for

No Interaction Found — But Data Suggests Wine and Pantoprazole 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. 6 of them are worth acting on rather than waiting out — marked below.

  • Low magnesium Worth acting on Additional detail

    Wine

    “Orally, the side effects of wine depend on the amount of alcohol ingested and can vary among individuals.

    Most Common Adverse Effects:

    Orally: Most adverse effects are associated with alcohol content and include abdominal pain, aggression, blackouts, central nervous system (CNS) depression, confusion, diarrhea, drowsiness, emotional lability, flushing, hypoglycemia, hypothermia, indigestion, lack of coordination and…”

    Wine · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in cancer.

    Pantoprazole

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

  • Hallucinations Worth acting on Additional detail

    Wine

    “Orally, wine can cause a variety of side effects which depend on the amount of alcohol ingested and can vary among individuals. Some common side effects include blackouts, central nervous system (CNS) depression, drowsiness, lack of coordination and trouble walking, migraines, neuropathies, and perceptual and sensational disturbances.”

    Wine · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in dementia.

    6 sources cited
    1. 6843. Thun MJ, Peto R, Lopez AD, et al. Alcohol consumption and mortality among middle-aged and elderly US adults. N Engl J Med 1997;337:1705-14.
    2. 8972. Bosetti C, La Vecchia C, Negri E, Franceschi S. Wine and other types of alcoholic beverages and the risk of esophageal cancer. Eur J Clin Nutr 2000;54:918-20. PubMed
    3. 9004. Bosetti C, La Vecchia C, Negri E, Franceschi S. Wine and other types of alcoholic beverages and the risk of esophageal cancer. Eur J Clin Nutr 2000;54:918-20. PubMed
    4. 34055. Bechetoille, A., Ebran, J. M., Allain, P., and Mauras, Y. [Therapeutic affect of zinc sulfate on central scotoma due to optic neuropathy of alcohol and tobacco abuse]. J Fr.Ophtalmol. 1983;6(3):237-242.
    5. 34068. Leira, R. and Rodriguez, R. [Diet and migraine]. Rev Neurol. 1996;24(129):534-538.
    6. 8651. Mukamal KJ, Longstreth WT, Mittleman MA. Alcohol consumption and subclinical findings on magnetic resonance imaging of the brain in older adults: the cardiovascular health study. Stroke 2001;32:1939-46. PubMed

    Pantoprazole

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

  • Confusion Worth acting on Additional detail

    Wine

    “Orally, wine can cause a variety of side effects which depend on the amount of alcohol ingested and can vary among individuals. Some common side effects include aggression, confusion, and emotional lability. Chronic heavy alcohol ingestion (three or more drinks daily) can lead to dementia, physical amnesia, and somnolence.”

    Wine · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in dementia.

    4 sources cited
    1. 6843. Thun MJ, Peto R, Lopez AD, et al. Alcohol consumption and mortality among middle-aged and elderly US adults. N Engl J Med 1997;337:1705-14.
    2. 9004. Bosetti C, La Vecchia C, Negri E, Franceschi S. Wine and other types of alcoholic beverages and the risk of esophageal cancer. Eur J Clin Nutr 2000;54:918-20. PubMed
    3. 34040. Bushman, B. J. and Cooper, H. M. Effects of alcohol on human aggression: an integrative research review. Psychol.Bull 1990;107(3):341-354.
    4. 8972. Bosetti C, La Vecchia C, Negri E, Franceschi S. Wine and other types of alcoholic beverages and the risk of esophageal cancer. Eur J Clin Nutr 2000;54:918-20. PubMed

    Pantoprazole

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

  • A severe allergic reaction / An allergic reaction Worth acting on Additional detail

    Wine

    “People who are allergic to sulfites and/or yeast might react to wine. Wine is associated with triggering asthmatic reactions in people with a history of asthma, possibly due to salicylates and/or added sulfites contained in wines. A case report describes a 33-year-old female who developed allergic reactions ranging from mild symptoms to anaphylaxis after consumption of beer or wine.”

    Wine · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in allergic rhinitis (hay fever).

    2 sources cited
    1. 6174. Vally H, de Klerk N, Thompson PJ. Alcoholic drinks: important triggers for asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2000;105:462-7. PubMed
    2. 107819. German-Sanchez A, Alonso-Llamazares A, Garcia-Gonzalez F, Matala-Ahmed B, Bartolome-Zavala B, Antepara-Ercoreca I. Allergy to beer and wine caused by Saccharomyces cerevisiae in a patient sensitized to fungi. J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol 2021. PubMed

    Pantoprazole

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

  • Liver problems Worth acting on Additional detail

    Wine

    “Orally, chronic heavy alcohol ingestion (three or more drinks daily) can lead to cirrhosis and hepatotoxicity.”

    Wine · Natural Medicines adverse-effect record, reported in cirrhosis.

    2 sources cited
    1. 6843. Thun MJ, Peto R, Lopez AD, et al. Alcohol consumption and mortality among middle-aged and elderly US adults. N Engl J Med 1997;337:1705-14.
    2. 9004. Bosetti C, La Vecchia C, Negri E, Franceschi S. Wine and other types of alcoholic beverages and the risk of esophageal cancer. Eur J Clin Nutr 2000;54:918-20. PubMed

    Pantoprazole

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

  • Drowsiness Additional detail

    Wine

    Recorded for Wine in the same Natural Medicines adverse-effect record shown under Low magnesium above.

    Pantoprazole

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

  • Stomach pain / Diarrhea / Vomiting Additional detail

    Wine

    “Orally, wine can cause a variety of side effects which depend on the amount of alcohol ingested and can vary among individuals. Some common side effects include abdominal pain, diarrhea, indigestion, nausea, and vomiting.. Chronic alcohol use is also associated with pancreatitis.”

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

    5 sources cited
    1. 6843. Thun MJ, Peto R, Lopez AD, et al. Alcohol consumption and mortality among middle-aged and elderly US adults. N Engl J Med 1997;337:1705-14.
    2. 8972. Bosetti C, La Vecchia C, Negri E, Franceschi S. Wine and other types of alcoholic beverages and the risk of esophageal cancer. Eur J Clin Nutr 2000;54:918-20. PubMed
    3. 9004. Bosetti C, La Vecchia C, Negri E, Franceschi S. Wine and other types of alcoholic beverages and the risk of esophageal cancer. Eur J Clin Nutr 2000;54:918-20. PubMed
    4. 34013. Bode, C. and Bode, J. C. Alcohol's role in gastrointestinal tract disorders. Alcohol Health Res World 1997;21(1):76-83.
    5. 34031. Pehl, C., Wendl, B., and Pfeiffer, A. White wine and beer induce gastro-oesophageal reflux in patients with reflux disease. Aliment.Pharmacol Ther 6-1-2006;23(11):1581-1586. PubMed

    Pantoprazole

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

Showing the 10 most notable of 11 shared effects — ranked by how unusual each one is, not just whether both lists mention it.

Reported for Wine but not commonly for Pantoprazole: a heart attack, dependence or withdrawal symptoms, an irregular heartbeat and mood changes or irritability.

Effects for Pantoprazole come from the ADVERSE REACTIONS section of its FDA label; effects for Wine 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

Wine in Pregnancy & Breastfeeding

Pregnancy Likely Unsafe

When used orally; alcohol is a teratogen. Use during pregnancy is associated with significant risk of spontaneous abortion, fetal alcohol syndrome, and developmental and behavioral dysfunction in infants and children exposed to alcohol in utero; avoid using.

Lactation Likely Unsafe

When used orally. Alcohol is secreted in breast milk. Chronic use can cause abnormal psychomotor development and disrupt the infant's sleep-wake pattern. Alcohol also seems to reduce milk production; avoid using.

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 Wine or Pantoprazole

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

This page covers Wine only. If you take other supplements — a multivitamin, a sleep aid, something for joints — the Pantoprazole page lists 152 supplements it has a documented interaction with, worst first, each one explained.

The most serious there right now: Activated Charcoal (major), Grapefruit (major), St. John's Wort (major), Acacia Rigidula (moderate) and Adrafinil (moderate).

By severity: 3 major · 100 moderate · 49 minor.

From our pharmacist’s overview on the Pantoprazole page

“Pantoprazole (Protonix) is a stomach acid reducer for reflux and ulcers, generally an easy drug to live with, but three of the 152 supplements and herbs on this list earn genuine caution. Grapefruit and St.”

Reviewed by 2 · Jul 18, 2026

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One more smart check

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

We hold 8 real supplement products containing Wine, each one broken down to its full ingredient list — and combination products often carry several ingredients besides Wine. Even though Wine itself has no known interaction with Pantoprazole, 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 Wine and Pantoprazole 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 Wine
Top half

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

29 days ago today
Medication Pantoprazole
Top 5%

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

What is Wine?

  • Social and relaxation use
  • Heart health (popular belief)
  • Antioxidant intake
  • Aiding digestion (traditional use)
  • Culinary flavoring

Wine is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented grapes and is not a true dietary supplement or medicine. Despite popular claims about heart benefits, the alcohol it contains carries real health risks, and no amount of drinking can be recommended to improve health. If you drink, do so in moderation, and avoid alcohol entirely during pregnancy or if you have certain medical conditions.

Fermented grapes (or other fruit) · Red wine, white wine, rosé, sparkling wine, fortified wine

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

Wine: dosing

There is no medicinal or supplement "dose" for wine, and no amount is recommended to improve health. If a person chooses to drink, public health guidelines generally define moderate drinking as up to one standard drink per day for women and up to two for men, with a standard drink being about 5 ounces of wine.Less is always better when it comes to alcohol, and not drinking at all is the safest choice.

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

Read the full Wine monograph & all interactions
Medication

About Pantoprazole

What Is Pantoprazole Used For?

Brand names: Protonix, Pantoloc, Protonix IV

Pantoprazole delayed-release tablets and oral suspension are used in adults and children 5 years and older to heal erosive esophagitis (EE) — damage to the esophagus caused by stomach acid — and to relieve GERD symptoms short-term (up to 8 weeks). In adults, they are also used to maintain that healing and reduce heartburn relapse, and to treat conditions where the stomach makes too much acid, including Zollinger-Ellison (ZE) Syndrome.

Intravenous (IV) pantoprazole — given by injection or infusion in a clinical setting — is approved in adults for short-term treatment of GERD with a history of erosive esophagitis (up to 10 days) and for pathological hypersecretory conditions including ZE Syndrome. PROTONIX I.V. is also approved for GERD/EE in pediatric patients 3 months and older (up to 7 days). IV pantoprazole is not approved for treating upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

Most-Reported Side Effects for Pantoprazole

From FAERS, the FDA’s public side-effect reporting system (330,179 reports, all brands). Reports are voluntary and are not proof the drug caused the effect.

Chronic kidney disease 29,250 reports
Fatigue 24,670 reports
Nausea 22,675 reports
Acute kidney injury 21,404 reports
Diarrhea 21,213 reports
See full Pantoprazole drug information
Keep checking

Other Drugs & Wine

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

656Major
270Moderate
0Minor
1,903No known interaction
Major

656 interactions

Showing 60 of 656 major interactions — see all 656 on the Wine page.

Moderate

270 interactions

Showing 60 of 270 moderate interactions — see all 270 on the Wine page.

No interaction 1,903 drugs checked — show the list
Evidence & sources

Wine References

The 73 references that drive our Wine 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. Burnham TH, ed. Drug Facts and Comparisons, Updated Monthly. Facts and Comparisons, St. Louis, MO.
  2. Hart CL, Smith GD, Hole DJ, Hawthorne VM. Alcohol consumption and mortality from all causes, coronary heart disease, and stroke: results from a prospective cohort study of Scottish men with 21 years of follow up. BMJ 1999;318:1725-9. PubMed
  3. Offman EM, Freeman DJ, Dresser GK, et al. Cisapride interaction with grapefruit juice and red wine. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2000;67:110 (abstract PI-83).
  4. Tsunoda SM, Christians U, Velez RL, et al. Red wine (RW) effects on cyclosporine (CyA) metabolites. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2000;67:150 (abstract PIII-35).
  5. Tsunoda SM, Harris RZ, Velez RL, et al. Red wine (RW) effects on cyclosporine (CyA) Pharmacokinetics. Clin Pharmacol Ther 1998;65:159 (abstract PII-51). DOI
  6. Pearson TA. Alcohol and heart disease. Circulation 1996;94:3023-5. PubMed
  7. Fraser AG. Pharmacokinetic interactions between alcohol and other drugs. Clin Pharmacokinet 1997;33:79-90. PubMed
  8. Stampfer MJ, Colditz GA, Willett WC, et al. A prospective study of moderate alcohol consumption and the risk of coronary disease and stroke in women. N Engl J Med 1988;319:267-73. PubMed
  9. Vally H, de Klerk N, Thompson PJ. Alcoholic drinks: important triggers for asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2000;105:462-7. PubMed
  10. Thun MJ, Peto R, Lopez AD, et al. Alcohol consumption and mortality among middle-aged and elderly US adults. N Engl J Med 1997;337:1705-14.
  11. Goldberg I, Mosca L, Piano MR, Fisher EA. AHA Science Advisory: Wine and your heart: a science advisory for healthcare professionals from the Nutrition Committee, Council on Epidemiology and Prevention, and Council on Cardiovascular Nursing of the America
  12. Michaud DS, Giovannucci E, Willett WC, et al. Coffee and alcohol consumption and risk of pancreatic cancer in two prospective United States cohorts. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2001;10:429-37.
  13. Dufour MC. If you drink alcoholic beverages do so in moderation: what does this mean? J Nutr 2001;131:552S-61S. PubMed
  14. Thadhani R, Camargo CA, Stampfer MJ, et al. Prospective study of moderate alcohol consumption and risk of hypertension in young women. Arch Intern Med 2002;162:569-74. PubMed
  15. Mukamal KJ, Longstreth WT, Mittleman MA. Alcohol consumption and subclinical findings on magnetic resonance imaging of the brain in older adults: the cardiovascular health study. Stroke 2001;32:1939-46. 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 Wine and Pantoprazole Together: Common Questions

Is it safe to take Wine with Pantoprazole?
We do not list a known interaction between Wine and Pantoprazole. 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 Wine and Pantoprazole have any of the same side effects?
Yes — our sources link each of them separately to 10 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 Wine and Pantoprazole combination checked?
Interactions in our licensed database are recorded against drug classes. Pantoprazole is filed under 4 classifications, and Wine has documented interactions with 37 drug classes — none of Pantoprazole'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 Wine interact with any other medications?
Yes. Wine has 926 documented drug interactions in our database — Pantoprazole 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 Pantoprazole interact with any supplements?
Yes. Pantoprazole has documented interactions with 152 supplements in our database — Wine is not one of them. The Pantoprazole 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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