Mobile Earth Clinic Logo
Contact Us

Cayenne Side Effects for Cayenne Pepper


(11) 
  100%

Showing Side Effects Reviews

DaveG (Broadstairs ) on 04/09/2025
0 out of 5 stars

Started taking cayenne pepper on the advice of Barbara O’neal.

Side effects are heart burn, and feeling cold. Not sure if that’s common, hopefully the benefit outweighs this minor issue.

REPLY   4      

Jeena (NY) on 07/22/2023
0 out of 5 stars

After making a drink with cayenne pepper, I fainted. It went down with no problem. The taste was not bad because I added lemon to the water with the cayenne pepper. 20 minutes after consuming the drink I made I began to feel nausea and become lightheaded and passed out.
REPLY   2      

Alla (Chicago, Il) on 02/20/2014
0 out of 5 stars

Hi Ted and all! I usually have low BP, but after I take a quarter of powdered cayenne papper diluted in warm water my BP goes up and my heart rate becomes stronger and faster than usual. I also noticed that if I take it in the evening I dream very scary dreams and wake up in the middle of the night with high BP and fast heart rate. Can someone please help me to understand the reason and recommend if I need to keep trying or stop using it?
REPLY   4      


Mario (Dallas Tx, Texas U.s) on 04/10/2013
0 out of 5 stars

I have been using cayenne pepper for a few months but I have to stop because it causes throat irritation. I like to continue using it, BUT I do not know how to minimize the condition. Any suggestion, will be appreciated.
REPLY   2      

Nicole (Melbourne, Australia) on 01/23/2013
0 out of 5 stars

Hi Walter, The same thing happened to me today I took 1/4 teaspoon with a glass of water and felt like I was about to vomit so I quickly ran and got a glass of water and the feeling soon went away. Perhaps the cayenne pepper is too strong for our bodies, everyone is diferent and I am a new to eating hot spicey food so if you're the same then I guess that's why it's happening. I'm going to post and ask a few questions and hopefully someone will give us an answer soon enough and good luck.
REPLY   2      

Maria (Gippsland, Australia) on 02/06/2012
0 out of 5 stars

Hi Cameron, I got a fright the first time I took my bp (20mins) after taking cayenne as it was already raised and I had expected it to start to go down but found it was higher than before taking it. In about 2 hrs it was ok. I have tested it on 2 other occasions when my bp was normal before taking the cayenne and it rose a bit both times but within approx hour it was back to normal. I never had the dizzy feeling that you've had.

Make sure you have a good quality cayenne as some time back there were reports of colouring being added to some cayenne batches. If you have some tabasco sauce add a few drops to water and see how you go with that.

REPLY   6      

Cameron (Brisbane, Qld, Australia) on 02/05/2012
0 out of 5 stars

I have started taking Cayenne Pepper, I do not know the strength and have a question for some one who knows a bit about it.

I am taking 1/2 a tsp in hot water, straight after taking it my Blood Pressure is going to 150 90 and my pulse over 90. It varies but I am very concerned, I feel dizzy as I write this and and will take my blood pressure again then go and lie down.

Can anyone tell me if this is typical, does it stop some time after getting used to taking it?

My normal BP is 127/75 and pulse between 64 and 72.

REPLY   2      

Walter (Beeville, Texas) on 10/17/2011
0 out of 5 stars

The last 4 times I took 1/4 teaspoon of cayenne pepper in a cup of warm water I vomited 3 times and one time I did not vomit. Why? Walter
REPLY   3      

Nate (Portland, Oregon) on 03/27/2011
0 out of 5 stars

I have been drinking 1/4 teaspoon of organic cayenne pepper (30K) once a day for the past two days. My stomach is fine and I feel great after drinking it. Although, for the past two nights I have been unable to sleep. My mind doesn't seem to shut down. Everything that I read states that cayenne should augment my sleep. Does anyone know why I am experiencing this side effect?
REPLY   2      

Curt (Leesburg, Va) on 11/11/2010
0 out of 5 stars

The other night almost the same thing happen to me. I ate my dinner and then took my cayenne pills (2 of them). Minutes later I started to feel this pain in my stomach. It got worse and worse.... I thought maybe I had to throw up but I really don't like to so I tried not to. I walked into the living room and almost passed out. I laid down on the couch and went into a heavy sweat. Slowly the pain went away and I came back to reality.

Since then I have taken my cayenne pills before I eat. This has not happen again BUT... I can't help but want it to happen again. Even though the pain was really bad at first..... I felt great after the episode was over.

REPLY   4      
next page
2