Ingredients

• The listed ingredients for Zylene include chromium, resveratrol, bioperine, cissus quadrangularis, caralluma fimbriata, hoodia gordonii, garcinia cambogia, gymnema sylvestre, eleutherococcus senticosus, coix seed, poria cocos, cassia seed, lotus leaf, water plantain rhizome, cumquat, mulberry leaf, methionine, green tea, pyruvate and banaba leaf.
  
  

Types of Side Effects

• Many of the herbs in Zylene have the potential to cause gastrointestinal side effects like gas, diarrhea and nausea, including garcinia, green tea, pyruvate and chromium. Both chromium and garcinia sometimes cause headaches, while eleutherococcus senticosus may lead to drowsiness, anxiety and muscle spasms.
  
  

Drug Interactions

• When combined with blood thinners like warfarin, mulberry leaf and resveratol pose an increased risk for uncontrollable bleeding. Both chromium and eleutherococcus senticosus increase the possible side effects of medications processed by the liver.
  
  

Risks

• Both green tea extract and mulberry leaf juices pose a risk for liver damage or failure, while chemicals in methionine have the potential to cause cancerous tumors and heart disease. The water plantain plant is considered a mild toxic poison, according to the Therapeutic Research Faculty.
  
  

Considerations

• If you are pregnant or nursing, avoid taking Zylene as the effects of any of the herbs in the medication upon fetal and infant development are unknown.