Clonidine
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Drug Name: Clonidine
Nutritional Considerations
Maintain a low calorie, low-fat diet with high fiber intake as directed by your physician.
- Balch, JF, Balch PA: Prescription for Nutritional Healing, Avery Publishing, 1997
Limit alcohol use.
- Mindell, E, Hopkins V: Prescription Alternatives. New Canaan, CT: Keats Publishing, Inc, 1998; p. 143.
- Pronsky, Z Food Medication Interactions, 11th edition, 1999
- Facts and Comparisons, Clinisphere 2.0, Wolters Kluwer Company, 2000
Clonidine may contribute to the depletion of CoQ10. Supplementation may be beneficial.
- Kishi H, Kishi T, Folkers K: Bioenergetics in clinical medicine III - inhibition of coenzyme Q10-enzymes by clinically used antihypertensive drugs, Res Commun Chem Pharmacol, 1975, 12(3):533-40.
Herbal Considerations
Some herbs possess cardiac properties that may intensify the action of antihypertensive drugs. This could result in an excessive lowering of blood pressure or increased side effects. Such herbs include: black hellebore, calamus, cereus, cola, coltsfoot, devil's claw, digitalis leaf, hedge mustard, figwort, lily of the valley roots, motherwort, pleurisy root, squill bulb leaf scales, white horehound, mate, scotch broom flower, shepherd's purse, and wild carrot
- Newall CA, Anderson LA, Phillipson JD. Herbal Medicines A Guide for Health-care Professionals. London: The Pharmaceutical Press, 1996.
- McGuffin M, et al., ed. American Herbal Products Association's Botanical Safety Handbook. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1997.
- Brinker, F Herb Contraindications and Drug Interactions, Eclectic Medical Publications, 1998
- PDR for Herbal Medicines, 2nd edition, Medical Economics Company, 2000
Avoid natural licorice products, Ginseng, and Ephedra (Ma huang) which may interfere with antihypertensive therapy.
- Farese, RV et al., Licorice-induced hypermineralcorticoidism. NEJM. 1991, 325:1,1223-1,227.
- Pronsky, Z Food Medication Interactions, 11th edition, 1999
- Brinker, F Herb Contraindications and Drug Interactions, Eclectic Medical Publications, 1998
Avoid Yohimbe, which may reverse the effects of Clonidine.
- DeSmet PAGM, Smeets OSNM. "Potential risks of health food products containing yohimbe extracts," Br. Med. J., 309:958, 1994.
- Leung AY, Foster S. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs and Cosmetics. 2nd ed. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1996.
- Brinker F. Herb Contraindications and Drug Interactions. 2nd ed. Sandy, OR: Eclectic Medical Publications, 1998.
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