In Reply to: Echinacea with Blood pressure medication (Catapres) posted by Wanda on January 22, 2000 at 18:32:56:

: I take Catapres blood pressure medication (Clonidine generic) and I have bronchical asthma as a result of 3 bouts with pneumonia in the past 3 years. I have had my flu and pneumonia shot. I take 4 blood pressure pills a day and I want to take Echinacea to help the respiratory and build my immune system up. Can I take Echinacea with blood pressure medication.
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: Thanks,
: Wanda

Anything I say should not substitute for advice from your doctor. One of the most important things you can do for the lungs is to stay out of rooms where people are smoking or using irritating chemicals. The other problem is that health foods dont get the careful examination for drug interactions that drugs do. I cant seem to find any interaction between Catapres and Echinacea. Maybe next time you are in the doctors office you can ask him if he knows of any drug interactions.
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• Re: Echinacea with Blood pressure medication (Catapres) John Hansen 00:23:46 2/29/00 (0)