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Evening Primrose Oil

Helps relieve premenstrual conditions.


	Benefits Evening Primrose Oil may help ease PMS Evening Primrose Oil may help ensure healthy skin Evening Primrose Oil provides essential fatty acids			Precautions consult your physician before taking this product. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you are pregnant, nursing or taking prescription medication These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration

Drug Nutrient Interactions

Current research does not indicate that this supplement should be taken to avoid depletions when taking any of the drug categories included in this table.

Current research does not indicate that this supplement provides additional therapeutic benefit's when taking any of the drug categories included in this table.

Anticoagulants / Antiplatelet Drugs

Evening primrose oil contains gamma-linolenic acid (GLA) which may reduce the potential for platelets to aggregate and thus increase the risk of bleeding when used with anticoagulants. Weigh desired benefits of supplement versus potential increased risk of bleeding and use with caution.

Antipsychotics

Avoid use of evening primrose oil if taking any phenothiazine-based antipsychotic. Seizures have been reported in people with schizophrenia treated concomitantly with phenothiazine drugs (chlorpromazine, fluphenazine, perphenazine, promazine, and thioridazine) and evening primrose oil.

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