Side Effects of Berberine

Everyone eats the wrong thing sometimes, and some patients may experience diarrhea symptoms at this time. Berberine can help the patients. In daily life, berberine can relieve diarrhea symptoms, and it has other clinical applications that are being studied. However, all drugs have their side effects to a certain extent, so what are the specific side effects of berberine?

Every patient hopes to have a healthy body because this way they can maintain their health without taking medicine. But that's impossible. The daily use of berberine can be said to be a widely used medicine in the field of traditional Chinese medicine. Patients should understand its side effects.

Taking compound berberine tablets to lower blood sugar has significant side effects and involves certain risks, so it is not suitable for long-term and large-scale use. The main side effects may be rhabdomyolysis and lactic acidosis. The most common side effect of compound berberine tablets is constipation. Nausea, vomiting, rash and fever may occasionally occur after large-scale use, which will disappear after stopping the medication.

The main side effect of berberine is its bitter taste. If the dosage is too large, it will irritate the stomach and cause excessive stomach acid, which is what Chinese medicine calls "bitterness damages the stomach."

Berberine has a significant blood sugar-lowering effect, and it shows a dose-response relationship. However, experts point out that taking berberine to lower blood sugar has significant side effects and involves certain risks, so it is not suitable for long-term and large-scale use. The main side effects may be rhabdomyolysis and lactic acidosis.

The most common side effect of berberine is constipation. Nausea, vomiting, rash and fever may occasionally occur after large-scale use, but they will disappear after stopping the medication.

I believe that after reading so much, every patient has some understanding of the side effects of berberine. Even if this is an over-the-counter drug, patients can receive treatment under the guidance of a doctor. Avoid other adverse reactions in the body that cannot be discovered in time. In addition to drug treatment, daily food combination treatment can achieve twice the result with half the effort.