Drug & supplement interaction

Winter Savory + Dimenhydrinate

Dimenhydrinate brand names: Dimenhydrin, Dramamine, Vertab, DimeTabs.

No Known Interaction
The bottom line No known interaction

We found no known interaction between Winter Savory and Dimenhydrinate 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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Winter Savory and Dimenhydrinate

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 Dimenhydrinate and Winter Savory 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.

Winter Savory safety at a glance

Winter Savory overall Use caution Likely safe as a food seasoning, but concentrated extracts and essential oil are not well studied in people.
Pregnancy Avoid Avoid medicinal or essential oil amounts during pregnancy due to a lack of safety data.
Breastfeeding Use caution Food amounts are likely fine, but avoid concentrated supplements and the essential oil without medical advice.

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

Still wondering about combining Dimenhydrinate and Winter Savory? Ask Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS directly ›
How we checked

Why No Interaction Is Listed for Dimenhydrinate

Interactions in our licensed database are recorded against drug classes, not just single drug names. Dimenhydrinate is filed under 3 classifications — anticholinergic drugs, seizure threshold lowering drugs, oral drugs. Winter Savory has documented interactions with 1 drug class — the most serious being lithium (moderate) — and none of Dimenhydrinate’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

Winter Savory Does Interact With Other Medications

Winter Savory has 1 moderate known drug interaction in our database — Dimenhydrinate 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

What Dimenhydrinate’s Own FDA Label Lists

This is not an interaction — none of it involves Winter Savory. These are the most notable effects listed in the ADVERSE REACTIONS section of Dimenhydrinate’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 take both. One of them is worth acting on rather than waiting out — marked below.

  • Pain or burning when passing urine Worth acting on
  • Tiredness mentioned in 28.8% of FDA reports for Dimenhydrinate
  • Blurred vision
  • Dry mouth
  • Nausea mentioned in 23.3% of FDA reports for Dimenhydrinate
  • A fast or pounding heartbeat
  • Drowsiness
  • Anxiety or restlessness
  • Reduced appetite
  • Dizziness mentioned in 10.6% of FDA reports for Dimenhydrinate

Showing the 10 most notable of 13 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 Dimenhydrinate. Read the label on DailyMed › Where a percentage is shown, it is the share of 10,593 voluntary FDA FAERS reports for Dimenhydrinate that mention that effect — a reporting proportion, not an incidence rate and not evidence the drug caused it. Winter Savory’s licensed record lists no adverse effects our clinical vocabulary could match, so there is no Winter Savory side to compare — that is a limit of the record, not a statement that Winter Savory has no side effects.

From our Q&A

Questions About Winter Savory or Dimenhydrinate

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

This page covers Winter Savory only. If you take other supplements — a multivitamin, a sleep aid, something for joints — the Dimenhydrinate page lists 52 supplements it has a documented interaction with, worst first, each one explained.

The most serious there right now: Activated Charcoal (major), Henbane (major), Scopolia (major), Angel's Trumpet (moderate) and Bacopa (moderate).

By severity: 3 major · 38 moderate · 11 minor.

From our pharmacist’s overview on the Dimenhydrinate page

“Dimenhydrinate (Dramamine, Vertab) is a motion sickness antihistamine that already dries the mouth, blurs vision, and clouds thinking through its anticholinergic action, so the 52 supplement and herbal interactions on file here warrant genuine vigilance. Thirty of them carry that same anticholinergic activity, and stacking them can amp…”

Reviewed by 2 · Jul 18, 2026

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One more smart check

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

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

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

29 days ago today
Medication Dimenhydrinate
Steady interest

#1,473 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 Winter Savory reference on this page ↓
  • Freshness: we automatically re-check this combination every week — this pair was last verified September 20, 2026. The Winter Savory and Dimenhydrinate 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 .
Supplement

About Winter Savory

What is Winter Savory?

  • Digestive upset and gas
  • Sore throat
  • Antimicrobial
  • Cough
  • Seasoning food

Winter savory is a culinary herb in the mint family used mainly to flavor food and, in folk medicine, to ease digestion and sore throats. Solid human research is very limited, so it should not be relied on to treat any health condition. It is generally considered safe in food amounts, but concentrated extracts and the essential oil call for more caution.

Satureja montana · Lamiaceae · Leaves, flowering tops, and essential oil · Culinary herb, tea, dried herb, capsules, essential oil

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

Winter Savory: dosing

There is no established, standardized medicinal dose for winter savory. Most people simply use it as a seasoning in cooking, which is considered the safest way to enjoy it.If you choose a tea, capsule, or essential oil product, follow the directions on the product label and do not exceed the suggested amount. Essential oils are very concentrated and require special handling and dilution.

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

Read the full Winter Savory monograph & all interactions
Medication

About Dimenhydrinate

What Is Dimenhydrinate Used For?

Brand names: Dimenhydrin, Dramamine, Vertab, DimeTabs

Dimenhydrinate is used to prevent and treat nausea, vomiting, and dizziness associated with motion sickness. It is available in several products — including Dramamine, Dramamine Original Formula, Gravol, Driminate, Airmit Ace, and others — all sharing this same core use.

Dimenhydrinate Injection is indicated specifically for the prevention and treatment of nausea, vomiting, or vertigo (spinning sensation) of motion sickness, given by intramuscular or intravenous route in medical settings.

Most-Reported Side Effects for Dimenhydrinate

From FAERS, the FDA’s public side-effect reporting system (10,593 reports, all brands). Reports are voluntary and are not proof the drug caused the effect.

Nausea 2,463 reports
Fatigue 1,836 reports
Headache 1,568 reports
Vomiting 1,383 reports
Malaise 1,217 reports
See full Dimenhydrinate drug information
Keep checking

Other Drugs & Winter Savory

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

0Major
1Moderate
0Minor
2,828No known interaction
Moderate

1 interaction

No interaction 2,828 drugs checked — show the list
Evidence & sources

Winter Savory References

The 3 references that drive our Winter Savory 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. The Review of Natural Products by Facts and Comparisons. St. Louis, MO: Wolters Kluwer Co., 1999.
  2. Leung AY, Foster S. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. 2nd ed. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1996.
  3. Sansalone S, Russo GI, Mondaini N, Cantiello F, Antonini G, Cai T. A combination of tryptophan, Satureja montana, Tribulus terrestris, Phyllanthus emblica extracts is able to improve sexual quality of life in patient with premature ejaculation. Arch Ital 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 Winter Savory and Dimenhydrinate Together: Common Questions

Is it safe to take Winter Savory with Dimenhydrinate?
We do not list a known interaction between Winter Savory and Dimenhydrinate. 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.
How was the Winter Savory and Dimenhydrinate combination checked?
Interactions in our licensed database are recorded against drug classes. Dimenhydrinate is filed under 3 classifications, and Winter Savory has documented interactions with 1 drug class — none of Dimenhydrinate'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 Winter Savory interact with any other medications?
Yes. Winter Savory has 1 documented drug interaction in our database — Dimenhydrinate 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 Dimenhydrinate interact with any supplements?
Yes. Dimenhydrinate has documented interactions with 52 supplements in our database — Winter Savory is not one of them. The Dimenhydrinate 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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