Pick one or more kinds of medicine to see the label's own warning and the source notes. Nothing is stored or sent.
Antidepressants
What the label saysThe label names antidepressants: consult your healthcare provider before use if you are taking them.
What the sources say, by ingredient group
Ask your pharmacist“I take antidepressants. The Reviralis label lists 40 names. Does anything on it matter for my medicine, and when should I take each?”
Blood thinners
What the label saysThe label names blood thinners: consult your healthcare provider before use if you are taking them.
What the sources say, by ingredient group
Ask your pharmacist“I take blood thinners. The Reviralis label lists 40 names. Does anything on it matter for my medicine, and when should I take each?”
Seizure medicine
What the label saysThe label tells anyone with a history of seizures to consult a healthcare provider before use.
What the sources say, by ingredient group
- B vitaminsFolic acid can lower the effect of some seizure medicines such as phenytoin, and anticonvulsants can lower vitamin B6 (NIH ODS). (NIH ODS, Folate)
- Amino acids and brain nutrientsSeveral blend names (DMAE, GABA, tyrosine) act on the nervous system. This is our reading of the label, not a finding about the product. (EBSCO Research Starters, DMAE)
Ask your pharmacist“I take seizure medicine. The Reviralis label lists 40 names. Does anything on it matter for my medicine, and when should I take each?”
Nervous-system or heart medicine
What the label saysThe label names medications affecting the nervous or cardiovascular system.
What the sources say, by ingredient group
- Herbal leaf and bark extractsLicorice root can raise blood pressure and lower potassium, and it interacts with diuretics and heart medicine; green tea extracts can carry caffeine, and the label prints no caffeine figure. (NCCIH, Licorice Root)
- Major mineralsPotassium and magnesium amounts are small here (50 mg each), but both matter to people on certain heart, kidney or blood pressure medicines. (NIH ODS, Potassium)
- Amino acids and brain nutrientsGABA may cause drowsiness and could add to sedating medicine. (Boonstra et al. 2015, GABA)
Ask your pharmacist“I take nervous-system or heart medicine. The Reviralis label lists 40 names. Does anything on it matter for my medicine, and when should I take each?”
Thyroid medicine
What the label saysThe label asks anyone taking prescription medications to consult a healthcare provider; it does not name thyroid medicine.
What the sources say, by ingredient group
- Major mineralsCalcium, iron and magnesium can block absorption of thyroid hormone if taken together; the amounts here are small but spacing is a pharmacist question. (NIH ODS, Calcium)
- Amino acids and brain nutrientsWe found no source naming a thyroid-medicine interaction for tyrosine; ask a pharmacist. (Jongkees 2015, Tyrosine Supplementation Review (J Psychiatr Res))
- B vitaminsBiotin can distort thyroid lab tests in large doses. This label prints 3 mcg; tell the lab about any biotin anyway. (NIH ODS, Biotin)
Ask your pharmacist“I take thyroid medicine. The Reviralis label lists 40 names. Does anything on it matter for my medicine, and when should I take each?”
Diabetes medicine
What the label saysThe label asks anyone taking prescription medications to consult a healthcare provider; it does not name diabetes medicine.
What the sources say, by ingredient group
- DHA, boron and vanadiumVanadyl sulfate has been tested for blood sugar in small trials; the label order allows an amount that could exceed the 1.8 mg vanadium upper limit, and the real amount is not printed. (National Academies, trace-element DRIs)
- Herbal leaf and bark extractsCinnamon and olive leaf have been studied for blood sugar and may lower it a little. (NCCIH, Cinnamon)
- Trace mineralsChromium may affect blood sugar; the label prints 12 mcg. (NIH ODS, Chromium)
Ask your pharmacist“I take diabetes medicine. The Reviralis label lists 40 names. Does anything on it matter for my medicine, and when should I take each?”
Antivirals (acyclovir, valacyclovir, famciclovir)
What the label saysThe label asks anyone taking prescription medications to consult a healthcare provider; it does not name antivirals or herpes.
What the sources say, by ingredient group
- Trace mineralsNo source we found names an interaction between these ingredients and acyclovir, valacyclovir or famciclovir. That is an absence of information, not a safety finding. (CDC, STI Treatment Guidelines: Herpes)
- Fruit and seed extractsGrapefruit juice changes how the body handles many medicines; whether grapefruit seed extract does is not settled (MSK). (Avula 2007, Synthetic Disinfectants in Grapefruit Seed Extract (Pharmazie))
Ask your pharmacist“I take antivirals (acyclovir, valacyclovir, famciclovir). The Reviralis label lists 40 names. Does anything on it matter for my medicine, and when should I take each?”