Is Lemon Balm Safe with Zolpidem?
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Do not combine without medical guidance. Risk of next-day impairment and falls is significantly increased, especially in elderly patients.
Why this interaction occurs
Zolpidem acts on GABA-A receptors. Lemon Balm's GABAergic and sedative properties may synergistically increase CNS depression, prolonging sedation and raising fall risk in older adults with cognitive impairment.
Evidence
Evidence level: moderate.
Reported safety data
The FDA’s adverse event reporting system (FAERS) has received 79,134 reports mentioning Zolpidem. This reflects reported cases involving the medication in general — not confirmed causation, and not specific to the Zolpidem + supplement combination on this page.
FAERS reports are voluntary and cannot prove that a drug caused an event. Do not use report counts to assess the safety of this specific drug-supplement pair.
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