Details of Drug Interaction

Details of Drug-Drug Interaction

 Drug General Information (ID: DDIJNQHRLF)
  Drug Name Cyclandelate Drug Info Licorice Drug Info
  Drug Type Small molecule Natural product
  Therapeutic Class Vasodilator Agents Herbal Products
  Structure

 Mechanism of Cyclandelate-Licorice Interaction (Severity Level: Moderate)
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      Drug Name Cyclandelate Licorice
      Mechanism Antihypertensive agent
Voltage-gated calcium channel  Blocker 		Hypertensive effects
Mineralocorticoid and renin-suppressing effects 
      Key Mechanism Factor 1
Factor Name Voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel Structure Sequence
Protein Family Calcium channel beta subunit family
Protein Function
Regulatory subunit of L-type calcium channels (PubMed:1309651, PubMed:8107964, PubMed:15615847). Regulates the activity of L-type calcium channels that contain CACNA1A as pore-forming subunit (By similarity). Regulates the activity of L-type calcium channels that contain CACNA1C as pore-forming subunit and increases the presence of the channel complex at the cell membrane (PubMed:15615847). Required for functional expression L-type calcium channels that contain CACNA1D as pore-forming subunit (PubMed:1309651). Regulates the activity of L-type calcium channels that contain CACNA1B as pore-forming subunit (PubMed:8107964).
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      Mechanism Description
  • Antagonize the effect of Cyclandelate when combined with Licorice 

Recommended Action
      Management Patients receiving antihypertensive therapy should avoid or limit the consumption of licorice-containing products. Even relatively moderate doses of licorice may be problematic in susceptible patients when ingested regularly for prolonged periods.

References
1 Stewart PM, Wallace AM, Valentino R, Burt D, Shackleton CH, Edwards CR "Mineralocorticoid activity of liquorice: 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase deficiency comes of age." Lancet 2 (1987): 821-4. [PMID: 2889032]
2 Cumming AM "Metabolic effects of licorice." Br Med J 1 (1977): 906
3 Epstein MT, Espiner EA, Donald RA, Hughes H "Effect of eating liquorice on the renin-angiotensin aldosterone axis in normal subjects." Br Med J 1 (1977): 488-90