HERBAL MEDICINES OR DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS AND PENICILLINS

Chewing khat reduces the absorption of ampicillin, and to a lesser extent amoxicillin, but the effects are minimal 2 hours after khat chewing stops.
Khat (the leaves and stem tips of Catha edulis) is chewed in some African and Arabian countries for its stimulatory properties. The authors of one of the studies concluded that both ampicillin and amoxicillin should be taken 2 hours after khat chewing to ensure that maximum absorption occurs.
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