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Ashwagandha can cause sedation in some patients and may add to lurasidone's CNS effects.
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What is happening. Ashwagandha can cause sedation in some patients and may add to lurasidone's CNS effects.
Mechanism. Additive CNS sedation and dizziness.
Recommendation. Use cautiously and avoid combining with other sedatives unless approved by the prescriber.
Effect on the composite score
If both Ashwagandha and Lurasidone are in the same stack, this pair applies −5 to your Stack Score (per scored caution row).
The full algorithm, the clamping rules, and four worked stacks are at /methodology/stack-score.
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