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What Supplements Interact with Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug)?

Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug) brand name: Wingel. Every interaction below applies to the brands too.

22 Interactions 1 Major 11 Moderate 10 Minor

Drug–supplement interaction data sourced from Natural Medicines Pro, the licensed clinical database from TRC Healthcare / Therapeutic Research, with additional analysis by the HelloPharmacist Pharmacist Team. Our sources · Editorial policy

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Activated charcoal is the entry to understand first with Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (Wingel), the over-the-counter antacid for heartburn and upset stomach. It carries the lone major rating among the 22 supplements and herbs on file, since it can bind many oral drugs in the gut and cut how much reaches the body. This list warrants genuine care rather than a quick skim. Most of the other entries, 11 moderate and 10 minor, are fibers, gums, and thickeners that can blunt or shift the absorption of whatever is swallowed alongside them.

The second pattern is aluminum itself. For charcoal and the fiber products, leaving a wide gap between doses solves most of the problem. Harder to time your way around are the five entries, vitamin C and calcium citrate among them, that increase how much aluminum the body absorbs from the antacid, a hazard mainly for people whose kidneys cannot clear the excess.

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Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug): Top Interactions at a Glance

The Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug) supplement & herbal interactions people checked most in the last 24 hours, colored by severity. Tap any ingredient to open the full report for that pair.

Showing the 12 highest-ranked of 22 interacting ingredients — plus 1,430 more checked with no known interaction. See the complete ranked list.

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The Most-Checked Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug) Combinations Today

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Every Supplement Checked Against Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug)

All 1,452 ingredients in our database, ranked by severity — 22 with a Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug) interaction on file and 1,430 with none found. Filter by severity or search any ingredient; hover the for what each ingredient is.

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Can You Take It With Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug)?

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Can you take Calcium with Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug)?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Calcium citrate might increase aluminum absorption and toxicity.

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Can you take Vitamin D with Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug)?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Vitamin D might increase aluminum absorption and toxicity, but this has only been reported in people with renal failure.

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Can you take Vitamin C with Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug)?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Vitamin C can increase the amount of aluminum absorbed from aluminum compounds.

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Can you take Acerola with Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug)?

Minor Usually — this is a minor-rated interaction, generally not clinically significant but worth mentioning to your pharmacist. Theoretically, concomitant use of acerola with aluminum salts might increase the amount of aluminum absorbed.

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Can you take Rose Hip with Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug)?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, rose hip might increase the amount of aluminum absorbed from aluminum compounds.

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Can you take Algin with Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug)?

Minor Usually — this is a minor-rated interaction, generally not clinically significant but worth mentioning to your pharmacist. Theoretically, algin can alter the absorption of oral drugs.

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Can you take Black Psyllium with Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug)?

Minor Usually — this is a minor-rated interaction, generally not clinically significant but worth mentioning to your pharmacist. Theoretically, psyllium might increase, decrease, or have no effect on the absorption of oral drugs.

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Can you take Blond Psyllium with Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug)?

Minor Usually — this is a minor-rated interaction, generally not clinically significant but worth mentioning to your pharmacist. Theoretically, psyllium might increase, decrease, or have no effect on the absorption of oral drugs.

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Can you take Carob with Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug)?

Minor Usually — this is a minor-rated interaction, generally not clinically significant but worth mentioning to your pharmacist. Theoretically, carob might also impair the absorption of oral drugs.

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Can you take Karaya Gum with Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug)?

Minor Usually — this is a minor-rated interaction, generally not clinically significant but worth mentioning to your pharmacist. Co-administration of oral drugs with bulk forming laxatives such as karaya gum may decrease, increase, or have no effect on the absorption o...

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Can you take Marshmallow with Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug)?

Minor Usually — this is a minor-rated interaction, generally not clinically significant but worth mentioning to your pharmacist. Theoretically, mucilage in marshmallow might impair absorption of oral drugs.

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Can you take Xanthan Gum with Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug)?

Minor Usually — this is a minor-rated interaction, generally not clinically significant but worth mentioning to your pharmacist. Theoretically, xanthan gum can alter the absorption of oral drugs due to its fiber qualities.

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Can you take Activated Charcoal with Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug)?

Major Use real caution — this is a major-rated interaction, generally best avoided or used only under close supervision. Activated charcoal reduces systemic exposure to many drugs, including those that undergo enterohepatic recirculation, regardless of the rout...

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Can you take Coffee Charcoal with Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug)?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Coffee charcoal can reduce the absorption of orally administered drugs and should be separated from oral drug administration by at least two...

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Can you take European Mandrake with Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug)?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, concurrent use might increase absorption of some drugs because of inhibited gastrointestinal (GI) motility caused by European...

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Can you take Glucomannan with Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug)?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, glucomannan may decrease absorption of drugs taken orally.

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Can you take Guar Gum with Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug)?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Guar gum might reduce the absorption of some oral drugs, potentially decreasing their effectiveness.

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Can you take Gum Arabic with Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug)?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, gum arabic can alter the absorption of oral drugs due to its fiber content.

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Can you take Slippery Elm with Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug)?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, slippery elm may slow the absorption and reduce serum levels of oral drugs.

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Can you take Tragacanth with Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug)?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, tragacanth might alter absorption of oral drugs.

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What Severity, Likelihood & Evidence Mean

Severity — How Serious It Can Be

  • Major. Clinically significant; generally best avoided, or used only under direct professional supervision.
  • Moderate. May need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separating the times you take each one.
  • Minor. Generally not clinically significant, but still worth noting and mentioning to your pharmacist.
  • No known interaction. Checked against our sources with nothing documented — not the same as proven safety.

Likelihood — How Well It’s Documented

  • Likely. Well-controlled human studies have demonstrated the likely existence of this interaction
  • Probable. Interaction has not been documented in well-controlled studies, however, the interaction has been demonstrated in some small human studies or in controlled animal studies in conjunction with multiple case reports.
  • Possible. Interaction has been documented in animal or in lab research, or the interaction has been documented in humans but is limited to case reports or conflicting clinical research exists
  • Unlikely. Interaction has been demonstrated in animal or in lab research but has been shown not to occur in humans.

Where This Data Comes From

  • Interaction records are evidence-graded and sourced from the Natural Medicines database (TRC Healthcare), the same reference used by pharmacists and hospitals.
  • Each entry links to a full report with the clinical detail, likelihood, evidence level, and citations for that exact combination.
  • Content is reviewed by licensed HelloPharmacist pharmacists — see our data sources and editorial standards.

How Does Our Interaction Checker Work?

Behind every verdict on this page is a category system. Our source database doesn’t document supplement interactions drug-by-drug — it documents them against groups of medications that behave the same way (for example, “drugs processed by the CYP3A4 liver enzyme” or “blood-thinning medications”).

So the check works in three steps: (1) Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug) is classified into the pharmacology categories it belongs to, (2) every supplement interaction documented against any of those categories is inherited by Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug), and (3) each ingredient keeps its own severity, likelihood, and evidence grades from the underlying record. That’s why one supplement can carry several records for one drug — it may interact through more than one category.

Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug) sits in 2 interaction categories. Open any one to see what the group means:

Oral Drugs 17 ingredients

A pharmacology grouping from our source database: medications in this group share a property that certain supplements are known to interact with, so an interaction documented for the group applies to every drug in it.

17 of the supplement ingredients on this page reach Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug) through this category.

Aluminum 5 ingredients

A pharmacology grouping from our source database: medications in this group share a property that certain supplements are known to interact with, so an interaction documented for the group applies to every drug in it.

5 of the supplement ingredients on this page reach Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug) through this category.

Related: does Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug) deplete any nutrients?

Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug) has 1 reported nutrient association in the research literature — see the Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug) nutrient depletion report.

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Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug) & Supplements: Common Questions

What supplements interact with Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug)?
More than you might expect — 22 in total, though they are far from equal: 1 are rated major, 11 moderate, and 10 minor. The ranked list on this page puts the ones that genuinely matter first, and every entry opens a full report on that exact pair. The highest-ranked right now: Activated Charcoal, Coffee Charcoal, European Mandrake.
Which Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug) supplement interactions are the most serious?
Focus on the major group: Activated Charcoal. A major rating means the combination can be clinically significant, not that harm is guaranteed — but it's exactly the kind of thing to run past your pharmacist before your next dose, not after. Jump to the ranked list.
Can I take vitamins or supplements while on Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug)?
Usually yes — most people on Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug) can take most supplements. The catch is the exceptions, and they aren't always the exotic ones (St. John's Wort trips up more prescriptions than almost anything sold next to it). Look up each ingredient you actually take in the list above, and treat "no known interaction" as a green-ish light, not a guarantee. Try the label scanner or the interaction checker.
Do brands like Wingel have the same supplement interactions as Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug)?
Yes — Wingel all contain Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug), so everything on this page applies to them equally. Interactions belong to the active drug, never to the brand on the box; the same is true of generics.
Where do these interaction ratings come from?
Every rating comes from the Natural Medicines database — the same evidence-graded reference pharmacists and hospitals use — and each interaction carries three separate grades: severity (how bad it can be), likelihood (how well it's documented in studies and case reports), and an evidence level. Our pharmacists review the content; we never let an AI decide an interaction. See how to read the ratings and our editorial policy.
Does Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug) deplete any vitamins or nutrients?
It might — Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug) has 1 reported nutrient-depletion association in the research literature, which is a different question from interactions: instead of a supplement changing the drug, the drug may lower a nutrient over time. See the Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug) nutrient depletion report for the specifics and what to discuss with your pharmacist.
What about Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug) and my other medications?
This page covers Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug) against supplements and herbal ingredients. Checking Aluminum, Magnesium Hydroxide (OTC drug) against your other prescription or OTC medications is a different tool — our drug interaction checker covers that side. Head to the drug–drug interaction checker.

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