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Horny Goat Weed: side effects, safety & interactions
Limited data; possible cardiovascular effects at high doses.
- Overall grade
- Grade D
- Last revised
- 0
- graded outcomes
- 0
- references listed
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The evidence in words
Safety profile
Limited data; possible cardiovascular effects at high doses.
Interactions to respect
No major interactions are on record for Horny Goat Weed at typical doses, but tell your clinician about everything you take.
What Horny Goat Weed is
Horny goat weed (Epimedium) contains icariin, marketed for erectile function and libido.
The honest bottom line
A plausible mechanism with no real human evidence and typically sub-therapeutic dosing. Skip it for proven options.
Related reading
Entries that share this one's tags or conditions.
- Fadogia Agrestis: side effects, safety & interactionsAnimal data show organ toxicity; human safety is uncharacterized.Evidence grade D
- Fenugreek: side effects, safety & interactionsGenerally safe; maple-syrup body odor is common, and it has mild glucose-lowering and antiplatelet effects.Evidence grade C
- Horny Goat WeedA libido herb whose active icariin is a weak PDE5 inhibitor in theory and essentially untested in humans.Evidence grade D
- Horny Goat Weed for Erectile function (humans)Evidence grade D — No real trialsEvidence grade D
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