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Peppermint Side Effects, Interactions and Warnings

Adverse reactions can include skin rash, heartburn, bradycardia, and muscle tremors.
- Murray, M. -- The Pill Book Guide to Natural Medicines: Vitamins, Minerals, Nutritional Supplements, Herbs, and Other Natural Products. -- Bantam, 2002. 759.

Gastrointestinal/stomach irritation has been reported in some individuals.
- Ann Pharmacother. 2008 May;42(5):653-60. Epub 2008 Apr 8. -- Application of FDA adverse event report data to the surveillance of dietary botanical supplements. -- Wallace RB, Gryzlak BM, Zimmerman MB, Nisly NL.

Report of an allergic reaction to a foot spray containing peppermint.
- Contact Dermatitis. 2007 Jul;57(1):57-8. -- Allergic contact dermatitis to peppermint foot spray. -- Kalavala M, Hughes TM, Goodwin RG, Anstey AV, Stone NM.

Peppermint has the potential to interact with medications such as blood pressure drugs as well as calcium channel blockers and antacids.
- Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom. 2004;18(19):2273-81. -- Simultaneous determination of the inhibitory potency of herbal extracts on the activity of six major cytochrome P450 enzymes using liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry and automated online extraction. -- Unger M, Frank A.

Keep peppermint oil away from children. Accidental poisonings are possible
- Murray, M. -- The Pill Book Guide to Natural Medicines: Vitamins, Minerals, Nutritional Supplements, Herbs, and Other Natural Products. -- Bantam, 2002. 759.

last update: March 2010

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