Add your supplements, foods, meals — and any medications you take — to see how they interact. Findings are grouped by severity: what to avoid, what needs care or timing, and what actually works better together.
Berberine lowers blood sugar and can add to diabetes medication — hypoglycemia risk.
Why: Activates AMPK; additive glucose-lowering.
→ Monitor blood sugar closely; your prescriber may adjust doses.
Berberine: Diabetes meds (hypoglycemia risk)
Berberine: CYP450 substrates (many drugs)
Magnesium can bind these drugs and reduce their absorption.
Why: Cation chelation in the gut.
→ Separate magnesium from these medications by 2–4 hours.
Calcium can bind these drugs and reduce their absorption.
Why: Cation chelation in the gut.
→ Separate calcium from these medications by 2–4 hours.
