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Ginkgo has seizure case reports and is undesirable in patients taking antiseizure medication.
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What is happening. Ginkgo has seizure case reports and is undesirable in patients taking antiseizure medication.
Mechanism. Potential seizure-threshold lowering may counter antiseizure therapy.
Recommendation. Avoid ginkgo in patients with epilepsy unless the neurologist approves.
Effect on the composite score
If both Ginkgo Biloba and Oxcarbazepine are in the same stack, this pair applies −5 to your Stack Score (per scored caution row).
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