If you are currently being treated with any of the following medications, you should not use wild yam without first talking to your healthcare provider.
Hormone Replacement Therapy or Birth Control Pills -- An animal study indicated that the active component of wild yam, diosgenin, may interact with estradiol, a hormone that occurs naturally in the body and also is used in some birth control medications and certain hormone replacement therapies.
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