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Possible side effects

• The most common complaints are diarrhea, nausea, abdominal cramps, and other digestive upset.

Serious risks

• High intakes may raise urinary oxalate and uric acid, which could contribute to kidney stones, especially in people with renal disorders.
• The best evidence that vitamin C contributes to kidney stones is in patients who already have hyperoxaluria.
• In people with hereditary hemochromatosis, long-term high doses could worsen iron overload and cause tissue damage.
• A few in vitro studies suggested that supplemental oral vitamin C, acting as a pro-oxidant, could cause chromosomal or DNA damage and possibly contribute to cancer.
• In postmenopausal women with diabetes in the Iowa Women's Health Study, supplemental vitamin C of at least 300 mg/day was significantly associated with a higher risk of dying from CVD.

Avoid or ask a doctor first if

• People with hereditary hemochromatosis face a concern about iron overload with chronic high doses.
• The upper limits do not apply to people receiving vitamin C as medical treatment, who should be under a physician's care.
• Infants should get vitamin C only from formula and food.

Medication interactions

• Vitamin C supplements may interact with radiation therapy and with medications, including chemotherapy drugs and statins.
• People taking these medications regularly should talk with their health care providers about vitamin C intake.

Possible side effects

• High blood calcium from vitamin D toxicity can lead to nausea, vomiting, muscle weakness, and other symptoms.

Serious risks

• Toxicity can cause high blood and urine calcium. In extreme cases it may lead to kidney failure, soft tissue calcification, heart rhythm problems, and death.
• Toxicity is almost always caused by taking too much vitamin D through supplements.

Avoid or ask a doctor first if

• The source says people on regular medications should talk with their health care providers about vitamin D intake and status.

Medication interactions

• Vitamin D supplements may interact with orlistat, statins, steroids, and thiazide diuretics.
• Taking calcium supplements with vitamin D supplements may raise the risk of certain adverse effects.

Possible side effects

• High doses from supplements or medications can cause diarrhea, nausea, and abdominal cramping.
• Magnesium carbonate, chloride, gluconate, and oxide are the forms most commonly reported to cause diarrhea.

Serious risks

• Very high doses can lead to magnesium toxicity, with low blood pressure, vomiting, difficulty breathing, irregular heartbeat, cardiac arrest and other signs.
• A few cases of fatal hypermagnesemia have been reported.
• Very large doses of magnesium-containing laxatives and antacids have been associated with magnesium toxicity.
• The risk of toxicity increases with impaired kidney function or kidney failure.

Avoid or ask a doctor first if

• People with impaired kidney function or kidney failure face higher risk of magnesium toxicity.
• People taking medications regularly should discuss their magnesium intake with their health care providers.

Medication interactions

• Magnesium may interact with oral bisphosphonates, tetracyclines, and quinolone antibiotics.
• Some medications, including diuretics and proton pump inhibitors, can affect magnesium status.

Possible side effects

• High zinc intakes can cause nausea, dizziness, headaches, gastric distress, vomiting, and loss of appetite.

Serious risks

• Doses of 50 mg or more taken for weeks can interfere with copper absorption, reduce immune function, and lower HDL cholesterol.
• Very high supplemental doses (142 mg/day) might interfere with magnesium absorption and disrupt magnesium balance.
• According to a few reports, overuse of zinc-containing denture adhesive creams can lead to neurological symptoms and anemia.

Avoid or ask a doctor first if

• The upper limits don't apply to people receiving zinc for medical treatment, who should be under a physician's care.
• Zinc-free denture adhesive formulations are available to prevent the effects linked to zinc-containing creams.

Medication interactions

• Zinc may interact with quinolone antibiotics, tetracycline antibiotics, and penicillamine.
• Some diuretics can lower serum zinc by increasing zinc excretion in urine.
• People taking medications regularly should discuss their zinc status with their health care providers.

Serious risks

• The Food and Nutrition Board set no upper limit for B12 because its potential for toxicity is low.

Avoid or ask a doctor first if

• People who regularly take certain medications are told to talk with their health care providers about their B12 status.

Medication interactions

• B12 supplements may interact with some medications. Gastric acid inhibitors and metformin may affect B12 levels.
• Several types of medications might adversely affect B12 levels.

Possible side effects

• Early signs of too much selenium are a garlic odor on the breath and a metallic taste in the mouth.
• Hair loss and nail brittleness or loss are the most common clinical signs of chronically high selenium intake.
• Other signs of chronically high intake include skin rash, nausea, diarrhea, fatigue, irritability, and nervous system abnormalities.

Serious risks

• Acute selenium toxicity can cause severe gastrointestinal and neurological symptoms, respiratory distress syndrome, heart attack, kidney failure, cardiac failure, and, in rare cases, death.
• Acute toxicity has resulted from misformulated over-the-counter products containing very large amounts of selenium. In 2008, 201 people had severe adverse reactions to a liquid supplement with 200 times the labeled amount.
• Brazil nuts contain very high amounts of selenium and could cause selenium toxicity if eaten regularly.

Avoid or ask a doctor first if

• The upper limits do not apply to people taking selenium under a physician's care.
• People who take medications regularly should discuss their selenium status with their health care providers.

Medication interactions

• Selenium supplements may interact with medications, and some medications, such as cisplatin, can affect selenium levels in the body.

Possible side effects

• Stomach upset, loose stools, nausea, and drowsiness are listed as common side effects, and ODS calls them mild.
• NCCIH says some people may get drowsiness, stomach upset, diarrhea, and vomiting.
• Increased heart rate variability has been reported.

Serious risks

• There are a few reports of more serious side effects, including effects on liver function.
• In reported liver injury cases, people's conditions improved over time after they stopped the supplement, and some also received medical treatment.
• NCCIH describes liver injury cases linked to ashwagandha supplements and calls them rare.
• Three case reports describe thyrotoxicosis in women taking ashwagandha extract.
• In all three thyrotoxicosis cases, stopping ashwagandha resolved the symptoms.

Avoid or ask a doctor first if

• Some experts advise pregnant women not to use ashwagandha, because some reports suggest it could cause spontaneous abortion.
• NCCIH says to avoid ashwagandha during pregnancy and not to use it while breastfeeding.
• NCCIH does not recommend it before surgery or for people with autoimmune or thyroid disorders.
• People with hormone-sensitive prostate cancer should avoid it because it may raise testosterone.

Medication interactions

• Ashwagandha might interact with thyroid hormone medications.
• It might also interact with antidiabetes drugs, antihypertensives, immunosuppressants, and sedatives.
• NCCIH lists diabetes, high blood pressure, immunosuppressant, sedative, anti-seizure, and thyroid hormone medications.

Possible side effects

• Oral garlic can cause breath and body odor, abdominal pain, flatulence, and nausea.
• Some people have allergic reactions to garlic.

Serious risks

• Garlic supplements may increase the risk of bleeding.
• Fresh raw garlic used topically can cause severe skin irritation and chemical burns.

Avoid or ask a doctor first if

• Garlic taken orally in amounts greater than those in foods may not be safe during pregnancy or breastfeeding.
• People having surgery are told to let their providers know they take garlic supplements.

Medication interactions

• If you take garlic supplements, tell your health care providers. This matters most before surgery or if you take medicines like anticoagulants or aspirin that may also affect bleeding.
• If you take anticoagulants, aspirin, or any other medicine, talk with your health care provider before using garlic or other herbal products, because some herbs and medicines interact in harmful ways.