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Is it safe to take milk thistle, dandelion, yellow dock capsule with micardis (telmisartan) plus tablets? thanks.

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No: You never know what is in these supplements, their affect upon you and the interaction with your medications is not studied. Do not use these.

Answered 1/31/2014

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