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What Supplements Interact with Eflornithine?

Eflornithine brand names: Omidyl, Vaniqa. Every interaction below applies to the brands too.

9 Interactions 8 Moderate 1 Minor
Curated & coded by · Clinical Pharmacist · Updated September 24, 2026

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

What is this page for?

One answer, for one medication: what supplements and herbal products interact with Eflornithine? Every vitamin, herb, and supplement ingredient we’ve checked against it is on this page, ranked by severity, each linking to the full report for that exact pair.

This page covers supplement interactions only — to check Eflornithine against your other medications, use the drug–drug interaction checker. Educational information from our licensed clinical databases, not medical advice. Our editorial policy

HelloPharmacist Bottom Line
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What is this? The interaction data in the HelloPharmacist supplement database is licensed from Natural Medicines Pro by TRC Healthcare (Therapeutic Research). HelloPharmacist pharmacists often add our own analysis and context on top of that licensed data — such as this Bottom Line summary and the notes on individual interaction pages — and any such commentary is noted as ours.

Eflornithine leads a double life. As Vaniqa it is a cream that slows facial hair growth in women; as Omidyl it treats African sleeping sickness, and in that systemic form seizures are a known side effect. That explains why six of the nine supplements on record, ginkgo and melatonin among them, are flagged for possibly making a seizure easier to trigger. With no major-rated entries here, this list reads as workable for most people, provided they know which pairings deserve watching.

The other three entries matter for the cream. DMSO can carry more of a topical drug through the skin than intended, and animal research hints another may do the same, so keep them off treated areas. Eight of the nine rate moderate and one minor, all resting on theoretical, animal, or limited early evidence rather than solid human trials. Simply knowing these few pairings exist is most of the work.

— , Clinical Pharmacist · July 18, 2026

Moderate 8 Minor 1 No known interaction 1,443

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Top Ingredient Interactions

Eflornithine: Top Interactions at a Glance

The most significant Eflornithine supplement & herbal interactions, colored by severity. Tap any ingredient to open the full report for that pair.

Showing the 9 highest-ranked of 9 interacting ingredients — plus 1,443 more checked with no known interaction. See the complete ranked list.

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The Moderate Interactions to Know About

The most clinically significant Eflornithine + supplement combinations in our database, best-documented first. Open any card for the full report.

Moderate Likelihood Possible Biofeedback + Eflornithinei

There is some concern that electroencephalogram (EEG) biofeedback might lower the seizure threshold in some patients.

Read the full interaction Moderate Likelihood Possible Dendrobium + Eflornithinei

The dendrobium constituent dendrobine is reported to have convulsant effects.

Read the full interaction Moderate Likelihood Possible Dimethylsulfoxide (dmso) + Eflornithinei

Topical DMSO might increase the effects and adverse effects of topical drugs.

Read the full interaction Moderate Likelihood Possible Ginkgo + Eflornithinei

Theoretically, taking ginkgo with drugs that lower the seizure threshold might increase the risk for convulsions.

Read the full interaction Moderate Likelihood Possible Melatonin + Eflornithinei

Theoretically, taking melatonin with drugs that lower the seizure threshold might increase the risk of seizure activity.

Read the full interaction Moderate Likelihood Possible Rauwolscine + Eflornithinei

Theoretically, taking rauwolscine with seizure threshold lowering drugs might increase the risk of adverse convulsant effects.

Read the full interaction
The complete list

Every Supplement Checked Against Eflornithine

All 1,452 ingredients in our database, ranked by severity — 9 with a Eflornithine interaction on file and 1,443 with none found. Filter by severity or search any ingredient; hover the for what each ingredient is.

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Straight answers

Can You Take It With Eflornithine?

One-line answers, one card per combination — scroll through today’s 17 and tap any card for the full report. A different set rotates in daily until every combination has had its turn.

Can you take Dendrobium with Eflornithine?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. The dendrobium constituent dendrobine is reported to have convulsant effects.

Full Dendrobium + Eflornithine answer

Can you take Dimethylsulfoxide (dmso) with Eflornithine?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Topical DMSO might increase the effects and adverse effects of topical drugs.

Full Dimethylsulfoxide (dmso) + Eflornithine answer

Can you take Ginkgo with Eflornithine?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, taking ginkgo with drugs that lower the seizure threshold might increase the risk for convulsions.

Full Ginkgo + Eflornithine answer

Can you take Melatonin with Eflornithine?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, taking melatonin with drugs that lower the seizure threshold might increase the risk of seizure activity.

Full Melatonin + Eflornithine answer

Can you take Rauwolscine with Eflornithine?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, taking rauwolscine with seizure threshold lowering drugs might increase the risk of adverse convulsant effects.

Full Rauwolscine + Eflornithine answer

Can you take Thuja with Eflornithine?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Thuja products can contains significant amounts of thujone, a neurotoxin.

Full Thuja + Eflornithine answer

Can you take Turpentine Oil with Eflornithine?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Some in vitro research shows that alpha-pinene, the major constituent of turpentine oil, does not increase the absorption of chlorpromazine...

Full Turpentine Oil + Eflornithine answer

Can you take Alchemilla with Eflornithine?

Minor Usually — this is a minor-rated interaction, generally not clinically significant but worth mentioning to your pharmacist. While no side effects have been reported from orally using Alchemilla, a clinical study titled "Treatment of Aphthous Stomatitis with Topica...

Full Alchemilla + Eflornithine answer

Can you take Biofeedback with Eflornithine?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. There is some concern that electroencephalogram (EEG) biofeedback might lower the seizure threshold in some patients.

Full Biofeedback + Eflornithine answer

Can you take Dendrobium with Eflornithine?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. The dendrobium constituent dendrobine is reported to have convulsant effects.

Full Dendrobium + Eflornithine answer

Can you take Dimethylsulfoxide (dmso) with Eflornithine?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Topical DMSO might increase the effects and adverse effects of topical drugs.

Full Dimethylsulfoxide (dmso) + Eflornithine answer

Can you take Ginkgo with Eflornithine?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, taking ginkgo with drugs that lower the seizure threshold might increase the risk for convulsions.

Full Ginkgo + Eflornithine answer

Can you take Melatonin with Eflornithine?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, taking melatonin with drugs that lower the seizure threshold might increase the risk of seizure activity.

Full Melatonin + Eflornithine answer

Can you take Rauwolscine with Eflornithine?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Theoretically, taking rauwolscine with seizure threshold lowering drugs might increase the risk of adverse convulsant effects.

Full Rauwolscine + Eflornithine answer

Can you take Thuja with Eflornithine?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Thuja products can contains significant amounts of thujone, a neurotoxin.

Full Thuja + Eflornithine answer

Can you take Turpentine Oil with Eflornithine?

Moderate Possibly, but carefully — this moderate-rated combination may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Some in vitro research shows that alpha-pinene, the major constituent of turpentine oil, does not increase the absorption of chlorpromazine...

Full Turpentine Oil + Eflornithine answer

Can you take Alchemilla with Eflornithine?

Minor Usually — this is a minor-rated interaction, generally not clinically significant but worth mentioning to your pharmacist. While no side effects have been reported from orally using Alchemilla, a clinical study titled "Treatment of Aphthous Stomatitis with Topica...

Full Alchemilla + Eflornithine answer
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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) Eflornithine is classified into the pharmacology categories it belongs to, (2) every supplement interaction documented against any of those categories is inherited by Eflornithine, 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.

Eflornithine sits in 2 interaction categories. Open any one to see what the group means:

Seizure Threshold Lowering Drugs 6 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.

6 of the supplement ingredients on this page reach Eflornithine through this category.

Topical Drugs 3 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.

3 of the supplement ingredients on this page reach Eflornithine through this category.

About Eflornithine

Eflornithine is a medication used to reduce the risk of relapse in high-risk neuroblastoma (a type of childhood cancer) and, as a topical cream, to slow the growth of unwanted facial hair in women.

Generic name: Eflornithine  ·  Brand names: Omidyl, Vaniqa.

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Eflornithine & Supplements: Common Questions

What supplements interact with Eflornithine?
More than you might expect — 9 in total, though they are far from equal: 0 are rated major, 8 moderate, and 1 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: Biofeedback, Dendrobium, Dimethylsulfoxide (dmso).
Which Eflornithine supplement interactions are the most serious?
None of the Eflornithine supplement interactions on file are currently rated major. The most significant are the 8 moderate-rated ones — combinations that may need monitoring, a dose adjustment, or separated timing. Still worth a quick look through the ranked list for anything you take daily. Jump to the ranked list.
Can I take vitamins or supplements while on Eflornithine?
Usually yes — most people on Eflornithine 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 Omidyl have the same supplement interactions as Eflornithine?
Yes — Omidyl, Vaniqa all contain Eflornithine, 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.
What about Eflornithine and my other medications?
This page covers Eflornithine against supplements and herbal ingredients. Checking Eflornithine 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, or read the full Eflornithine drug information.

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