Echinacea and Adderall drug interactions - a phase IV clinical study of FDA data
Summary:
Drug interactions are reported among people who take Echinacea (echinacea) and Adderall (amphetamine aspartate; amphetamine sulfate; dextroamphetamine saccharate; dextroamphetamine sulfate). Common drug interactions include fatigue among females and pain among males.
The phase IV clinical study analyzes what interactions people have when they take Echinacea and Adderall. It is created by eHealthMe based on reports of 37 people who take the same drugs from the FDA, and is updated regularly.
What is Echinacea?
Echinacea has active ingredients of echinacea. It is often used in immune response. eHealthMe is studying from 1,930 Echinacea users. Check the latest studies of Echinacea.
What is Adderall?
Adderall has active ingredients of amphetamine aspartate; amphetamine sulfate; dextroamphetamine saccharate; dextroamphetamine sulfate. It is often used in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. eHealthMe is studying from 64,224 Adderall users. Check the latest studies of Adderall.
37 people who take Echinacea and Adderall together, and have interactions are studied.

What are the common drug interactions of Echinacea and Adderall, by gender? *:
female:
- Fatigue (feeling of tiredness)
- Bipolar disorder (mood disorder)
- Depressed mood
- Decreased interest
- Feeling of despair
- Nausea (feeling of having an urge to vomit)
- Dizziness
- Dyspnoea (difficult or laboured respiration)
- Ocular icterus (presence of jaundice seen in the sclera of the eye)
- Yellow skin
male:
- Pain
- Heart rate increased
- Generalised anxiety disorder (excessive, uncontrollable, unexplained and often irrational worry)
- Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (frequent pauses in breathing during sleep usually accompanied by loud snoring)
- Arthralgia (joint pain)
- Back pain
- Crohn's disease (a condition that causes inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract)
- Crying
- Cyanosis (lack of oxygen in body leads to blue appearance of skin ,mucous membrane nails)
- Cystitis (inflammation of the wall of the bladder)
What are the common drug interactions of Echinacea and Adderall, by age (0-1 to 60+)? *:
0-1:
n/a
2-9:
n/a
10-19:
- Crying
- Hypersensitivity
- Pain
- Pyrexia (fever)
20-29:
- Dizziness
- Dyspnoea (difficult or laboured respiration)
- Nausea (feeling of having an urge to vomit)
- Pain
- Asthma
- Gastroenteritis viral (inflammation of stomach and intestine caused by virus infection)
- Malaise (a feeling of general discomfort or uneasiness)
- Mental disorder (a psychological term for a mental or behavioural pattern or anomaly that causes distress or disability)
- Muscle spasms (muscle contraction)
- Panic reaction
30-39:
- Heart rate increased
- Generalised anxiety disorder (excessive, uncontrollable, unexplained and often irrational worry)
- Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (frequent pauses in breathing during sleep usually accompanied by loud snoring)
- Anxiety
- Drug ineffective
- Sleep apnoea syndrome (a sleep-related disorder in which the effort to breathe is diminished or absent)
40-49:
- Suicidal ideation
- Anxiety
- Diarrhoea
- Fatigue (feeling of tiredness)
- Feeling hot
- Feeling jittery
- Flushing (the warm, red condition of human skin)
- Multiple sclerosis relapse (reoccurrence of a nervous system disease that affects your brain and spinal cord. it damages the myelin sheath)
- Muscle spasms (muscle contraction)
- Nasopharyngitis (inflammation of the nasopharynx)
50-59:
- Blood urine present
- Acarodermatitis (skin inflammation caused by mites (acarids))
- Infection parasitic
- Intestinal obstruction
- Mental status changes (general changes in brain function, such as confusion, amnesia (memory loss), loss of alertness, loss of orientation)
- Psychotic disorder
- Rash erythematous (redness of the skin)
- Rash papular (redness with papule)
- Rash pruritic (redness with itching)
- Weight decreased
60+:
n/a
What are the existing conditions these people have? *
- Narcolepsy (brain's inability to regulate sleep-wake cycles normally): 15 people, 40.54%
- Multiple Sclerosis (a nervous system disease that affects your brain and spinal cord. it damages the myelin sheath): 9 people, 24.32%
- Cataplexy (loss of muscle tone accompanied by full conscious awareness): 6 people, 16.22%
- Drowsiness: 3 people, 8.11%
- Depression: 3 people, 8.11%
- Sleep Disorder: 2 people, 5.41%
- Pain: 2 people, 5.41%
- Immunodeficiency Common Variable: 2 people, 5.41%
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (a condition in which stomach contents leak backward from the stomach into the oesophagus): 2 people, 5.41%
- Crohn's Disease (a condition that causes inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract): 2 people, 5.41%
* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.
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a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y zSub-studies by gender and age:
Female: 0-1 2-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+
Male: 0-1 2-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+
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a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y zHow the study uses the data?
The study uses data from the FDA. It is based on echinacea and amphetamine aspartate; amphetamine sulfate; dextroamphetamine saccharate; dextroamphetamine sulfate (the active ingredients of Echinacea and Adderall, respectively), and Echinacea and Adderall (the brand names). Other drugs that have the same active ingredients (e.g. generic drugs) are not considered. Dosage of drugs is not considered in the study.
How to use the study?
DO NOT STOP MEDICATIONS without first consulting your doctor. If there are any serious or long term adverse effects discovered in the study, discuss the study with your doctor to ensure that proper medication management will be in place if applicable.
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