Watercress Powder Ingredients & Drug Interactions
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First and foremost: checking Watercress Powder against your medications. The heart of this page is the interaction checker and the full interaction report — how this product’s ingredients may interact with prescription and over-the-counter medicines you may be taking.
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Watercress Powder is a dietary supplement by TerraVita Premium Collection with 1 active ingredient. Its ingredients are commonly taken for source of vitamins and minerals, antioxidant support, general nutrition.Based on those ingredients, 6 medications have a known interaction with it, the most serious rated moderate. The ingredients most likely to interact are Watercress powder. Use the checker below to test your specific medication, or read the full HelloPharmacist Interaction Report.
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HelloPharmacist Scorecard of Watercress Powder by TerraVita Premium Collection
Our pharmacy team’s full take, with four database checks built into the cards below — a summary of what is known, not a grade of the product itself.
What’s inside
Full disclosure
This product contains 1 active ingredient: watercress powder. Watercress is a leafy green vegetable used as a dietary supplement.
There are no other inactive ingredients listed.
Does it work?
Couldn't assess
We hold no effectiveness data for watercress powder in the facts on file. This product is marketed as a nutritional supplement, but evidence for specific health claims isn't established in the data we have.
How safe is it?
Well-documented data
Watercress is well-tolerated when you eat it in normal food amounts. The safety data here advises caution with concentrated supplements because there's limited safety research on medicinal doses.
Excessive amounts can irritate your stomach and digestive tract. Raw, wild watercress can carry parasitic flukes that cause a liver disease called fascioliasis, with symptoms like belly pain, fever, vomiting, diarrhea, and rash.
Research shows that a high-dose watercress extract taken daily for 5 weeks didn't damage the liver. Topically, watercress can cause contact dermatitis — rash, itching, hives, or swollen skin.
The safety data rates watercress as likely unsafe in pregnancy. We hold no safety information for breastfeeding; talk with your doctor or pharmacist about whether it's right for you if you're nursing.
Meds to double-check
Moderate interaction found
Before you take this product, double-check with your doctor or pharmacist if you take lithium (for mood disorders), chlorzoxazone or other muscle relaxants, or warfarin or other blood thinners. Watercress can interact with all three.
The bottom line
Scorecard at a glanceFully disclosed formula with no assessable stated purpose. Moderate medication interactions have been identified, and safety information is well characterized.
Watercress powder is a food-form supplement that's generally well-tolerated in normal eating amounts, but this product is a concentrated form — and the safety data advises caution with that. If you take lithium, a muscle relaxant like chlorzoxazone, or a blood thinner like warfarin, you'll want to clear this with your doctor or pharmacist first.
It's not recommended in pregnancy.
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Assessment coverage: 1 of 1 active ingredient matched to our full ingredient reviews (monographs). Based on the product label dated Jan 23, 2023.
This Scorecard evaluates available label information, ingredient evidence, and known medication-safety considerations. It does not independently verify product identity, purity, potency, contamination, or manufacturing quality. How these ratings are computed
General information
Key facts about Watercress Powder, straight from the product label.
| Brand | TerraVita Premium Collection |
|---|---|
| Barcode (UPC) | 064435114367 |
| Net contents | 1 Ounce(s) |
| Market status | On market |
| Date entered into DSLD | Jan 23, 2023 |
| DSLD ID | 282336 |
| Product type | Botanical |
| Supplement form | Powder |
| Dietary claims / uses | All Other, Structure/Function |
| Intended target group(s) | Adult (18 - 50 Years) |
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Supplement Facts
The label details for Watercress Powder by TerraVita Premium Collection, sourced from the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database.
Supplement Facts
| Ingredient | Amount | % DV |
|---|---|---|
| Watercress powder | 1000 mg | -- |
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FDA Statement of Identity
A Dietary Supplement
Brand IP Statement(s)
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Suggested/Recommended/Usage/Directions
Directions Stir 1/4 of a teaspoon into a glass of water and consume 3 times daily, with meals.
General Statements
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Watercress Powder by TerraVita Premium Collection label
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View the full label (PDF)The Ingredients in Watercress Powder by TerraVita Premium Collection
This is the 1 active ingredient this product is made of. Select it to open its full monograph.
Serving size0.25 Teaspoon(s) Dosage formPowder Servings per container28 Amounts shown are per serving.
Watercress powder
Interacts with6 drugs
Watercress is a nutrient-rich leafy green that provides vitamins A, C, and K plus minerals and antioxidant plant compounds. Eaten as a food it is gene...
Watercress powder monograph & interactionsWatercress Powder by TerraVita Premium Collection Drug Interactions
HelloPharmacist Interaction Report
Watercress Powder by TerraVita Premium Collection interacts with medications through its vitamin K content and potential diuretic effects.
The most serious concern is with lithium, a mood-stabilizing medication: watercress's diuretic properties may reduce how your kidneys clear lithium, raising its blood levels to potentially unsafe levels.
Read the full breakdown — every affected drug type, severity by severity
Watercress can also slow how your body breaks down chlorzoxazone (a muscle relaxant), increasing both its effects and side effects — research in healthy volunteers showed a single 50-gram dose of watercress raised chlorzoxazone levels by about 56%. Additionally, the vitamin K in watercress can work against blood thinners like warfarin (Coumadin), potentially reducing their ability to prevent clots.
Altogether, these interactions span 6 individual medications. Before you start this product, check your exact medications with the search tool on this page — and talk with your doctor or pharmacist if you take any of these drug types.
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Individual Drug Interactions
The ingredients in Watercress Powder interact with 6 drugs. Click any drug to see the details.
1 of the 1 ingredient in Watercress Powder interact with drugs. Each result below shows which ingredient is responsible. Watercress powder
Acetaminophen, ChlorzoxazoneAcetazone Forte, Extra Strength Tylenol Aches & Strains, Parafon Forte
How Acetaminophen, Chlorzoxazone interacts with Watercress Powder — through 1 ingredient. Tap an ingredient for the detail:
Watercress PowderChlorzoxazone (parafon Forte, Paraflex) Moderate
Interaction Summary
Watercress might reduce the metabolism of chlorzoxazone and increase its effects and side effects.
Read the full Watercress Powder + Acetaminophen, Chlorzoxazone interactionAcetaminophen, Chlorzoxazone, CodeineAcetazone Forte C8, Parafon Forte C8
How Acetaminophen, Chlorzoxazone, Codeine interacts with Watercress Powder — through 1 ingredient. Tap an ingredient for the detail:
Watercress PowderChlorzoxazone (parafon Forte, Paraflex) Moderate
Interaction Summary
Watercress might reduce the metabolism of chlorzoxazone and increase its effects and side effects.
Read the full Watercress Powder + Acetaminophen, Chlorzoxazone, Codeine interactionChlorzoxazoneParaflex, Parafon Forte DSC
How Chlorzoxazone interacts with Watercress Powder — through 1 ingredient. Tap an ingredient for the detail:
Watercress PowderChlorzoxazone (parafon Forte, Paraflex) Moderate
Interaction Summary
Watercress might reduce the metabolism of chlorzoxazone and increase its effects and side effects.
Read the full Watercress Powder + Chlorzoxazone interactionLithium Carbonate (prescription Drug)Eskalith, Lithium Carbonate
How Lithium Carbonate (prescription Drug) interacts with Watercress Powder — through 1 ingredient. Tap an ingredient for the detail:
Watercress PowderLithium Moderate
Interaction Summary
Watercress is thought to have diuretic properties.
Read the full Watercress Powder + Lithium Carbonate (prescription Drug) interactionWarfarinWarfarin
How Warfarin interacts with Watercress Powder — through 1 ingredient. Tap an ingredient for the detail:
Watercress PowderWarfarin (coumadin) Moderate
Interaction Summary
Watercress contains vitamin K.
Read the full Watercress Powder + Warfarin interactionWarfarin SodiumCoumadin, Panwarfin, Sofarin
How Warfarin Sodium interacts with Watercress Powder — through 1 ingredient. Tap an ingredient for the detail:
Watercress PowderWarfarin (coumadin) Moderate
Interaction Summary
Watercress contains vitamin K.
Read the full Watercress Powder + Warfarin Sodium interactionEach ingredient & the kinds of drugs it affects
For each ingredient in Watercress Powder with known interactions, here are the types of medications it can affect. Open any type for the detail — or search your exact drug in the checker above.
Watercress powder
Chlorzoxazone (Parafon Forte, Paraflex)
Watercress might reduce the metabolism of chlorzoxazone and increase its effects and side effects. Clinical research in healthy volunteers shows that a single ingestion of watercress 50 grams increases the chlorzoxazone plasma concentration-time curve by about 56% and increases its half-life by about 53%.
Lithium
Watercress is thought to have diuretic properties. Theoretically, due to these potential diuretic effects, watercress might reduce excretion and increase levels of lithium.
Warfarin (Coumadin)
Watercress contains vitamin K. Consuming large amounts of watercress might antagonize the anticoagulant effects of warfarin.
Brand information
Manufacturer and brand details for Watercress Powder, from the product label.
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- Brampton
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- Ontario
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The Full Monographs Behind Watercress Powder’s Ingredients
Every ingredient we hold a full HelloPharmacist monograph for — uses, evidence, safety, and the complete interaction list.
Sources & How We Checked
Watercress Powder's label data comes from the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database; the ingredient interaction data is from the Natural Medicines database, reviewed by our pharmacists.
- NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database (DSLD) — The official product label on file for this supplement.
- Natural Medicines (Therapeutic Research Center) — Evidence-graded clinical reference behind the ingredient interaction data.
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The 34 references behind this product’s interaction data
Every citation that drives the interaction findings for this product’s ingredients, from the evidence-graded Natural Medicines (TRC Healthcare) database. Open an ingredient to browse its citations — links open the study on PubMed or the publisher’s site.
Watercress 34 references
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