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The „worst“ interaction orally ingested activated charcoal has is with birth control. BC pills are relatively tiny with a low dosage of active substance, which
by selfmodruntime 4y ago
The „worst“ interaction orally ingested activated charcoal has is with birth control. BC pills are relatively tiny with a low dosage of active substance, which appears to bind to the charcoal unreasonably well. This interaction should be mentioned by OB GYNs to every woman out there, but sadly they seem to be the worst offenders when it comes to spectacularly failing at their job to inform patients.
I am not mindlessly bashing, or advising against birth control. Seriously, ask women you know if they are aware that birth control fails when you‘re sick with diarrhea, take charcoal or any kind of antibiotic.
- MandieD 4y agoAnecdata: the leaflet in the packets of all the ones I’ve taken in both the US and Germany mention the antibiotics pretty clearly, the diarrhea too obliquely, but I’ve never heard of the charcoal thing!
- escapedmoose 4y agoI knew about the antibiotics interaction but not the others! That’s… mildly horrifying.
- selfmodruntime 4y agoThere is more. Epilepsy medications, obesity, antidepressants, flaxseed, alfalfa, St. John's wort, Crohns, Celiac, IBS, the list goes on and on.