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Supplements and Temazepam.

Every documented pair, every citation. Below: 5 documented pairs grouped by mechanism.

Temazepam, sold under the brand name Restoril, is a benzodiazepine: it potentiates GABA at the GABA-A receptor.

Below are the 5 documented pairs we have explicitly assessed against Temazepam in the Distil database: 1 red, 3 amber, and 1 green. The pairs cluster around 2 mechanisms: Additive CNS depression and Glucuronidation (no CYP interaction). Every call is cited to either a clinical reference (PMID) or the British National Formulary. Anything not on this list is either still to be assessed or beyond our database scope. The checker beneath surfaces assessments by supplement, and the missing-item form at the bottom of the page routes any uncatalogued supplement into our next curation pass.

Documented interactions

Additive CNS depression

Red Kava

Kava and temazepam both depress the central nervous system, and kava is independently linked to liver injury. Combining the two raises the risk of excessive sedation, particularly with a hypnotic-strength benzodiazepine like temazepam. We treat this as a do-not-combine pair.

PMID 11434754 · PMID 30668342 · BNF: Temazepam · MHRA:Kava-suspension-2003

Reviewer-flagged: awaiting clinical-reviewer sign-off.

Amber Ashwagandha

Ashwagandha can have a mild sedating effect on top of its main anti-stress action. Combined with temazepam, the nocturnal sedation can stack.

BNF: Temazepam

Reviewer-flagged: awaiting clinical-reviewer sign-off.

Passionflower and temazepam both calm the nervous system through overlapping pathways. Combining them can mean stronger nocturnal sedation and a heavier morning hangover.

PMID 11679026 · BNF: Temazepam

Valerian and temazepam both promote sedation through overlapping pathways. Both are used for sleep; combining them can mean deeper-than-intended sedation and a heavier morning hangover.

PMID 10761819 · BNF: Temazepam

Glucuronidation (no CYP interaction)

Temazepam is broken down by a different enzyme system (glucuronidation) than the one St John's Wort affects. We treat this pair as no expected interaction.

BNF: Hypericum · BNF: Temazepam

What this list does not say. Pairs not flagged here are not implicitly safe. They are either not yet in our database, or fall outside our inclusion scope (food-supplement interactions only; for drug-drug interactions, the BNF is authoritative). Use the checker below to surface any supplement, and submit a missing item if you take something we have not catalogued.

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