ginkgo can cause seizures
February 2002
There's growing concern that ginkgo can cause seizures.
Many patients use ginkgo to boost cognition and memory, including patients with epilepsy.
Alzheimer's patients take it to help dementia...and these patients are more likely to have seizures anyway.
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