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Sassafras Oil FAQs

How much does Sassafras Oil cost without insurance?

Sassafras Oil is an over-the-counter alternative or natural remedy. Both insured and uninsured customers can expect to pay $19.44 for Sassafras Oil. With a SingleCare discount card and a prescription for Sassafras Oil, you pay only $13.74.

How much does Sassafras Oil cost with insurance?

Sassafras Oil is not covered by insurance. Currently, however, you will pay only $13.74 for Sassafras Oil with a SingleCare savings card. SingleCare is welcomed at major pharmacies throughout the nation, including Target, Longs Drugs, Walmart, and other participating pharmacies.

Does Medicare cover Sassafras Oil and how much does it cost?

Medicare prescription drug plans do not typically cover Sassafras Oil. An easy way to reduce the cost of Sassafras Oil is by using a SingleCare discount card with your prescription for Sassafras Oil. A SingleCare Sassafras Oil coupon reduces the price of Sassafras Oil to $13.74.

What is the brand name of Sassafras Oil?

Sassafras Oil is a generic product that is mostly supplied by small manufacturers on specialty sites and is primarily marketed for aromatherapy. Sassafras Oil is illegal in any form that can be ingested, and the DEA monitors sales of Sassafras Oil because it can be used in the manufacture of illicit drugs. As a result, there are no brand-name versions of Sassafras Oil. In fact, many products advertised as Sassafras Oil are not true Sassafras Oil including many “oils” sold as aromatherapy.

What is Sassafras Oil?

Sassafras Oil is considered unsafe for use as a medicine in any form including ingestion, topical use, or as aromatherapy.

Sassafras Oil is extracted from the root bark of the sassafras tree and has been used as an herbal or traditional medicine for a variety of conditions, including gout, bronchitis, rheumatism, high blood pressure, infections, inflammation, urinary tract problems, and “blood purification.”

One of the active ingredients in Sassafras Oil, safrole, is a poison and a potent carcinogen. Substances containing safrole, including Sassafras Oil, are banned in food and medicines in the United States. Sassafras Oil is also used in the manufacture of the illicit drug, ecstasy, so its sale is monitored by the DEA.

Today, Sassafras Oil is used almost entirely as aromatherapy for a variety of conditions, including gout and arthritis, but many aromatherapy practitioners do not advise its use. Sassafras Oil is also applied topically – often in formulas marketed as “safrole-free” – for insect bites, rheumatism, skin inflammation, skin problems, sprains, and swollen eyes.

What are the side effects of Sassafras Oil?

Sassafras Oil with safrole is considered a poison and should not be ingested. Five milliliters of Sassafras Oil is enough to kill an adult. If Sassafras Oil is ingested, side effects will include nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, low blood pressure, fast heartbeat, rapid breathing, and dizziness. Mental and mood changes include hallucinations and possibly loss of consciousness. The most serious side effects of Sassafras Oil are liver damage and, in the long-term, liver cancer. If Sassafras Oil is ingested, call 911 and seek emergency medical attention

Sassafras Oil that is “safrole-free” should also not be ingested. It, too, can cause cancer. Side effects of “safrole-free” Sassafras Oil include flushing and excessive sweating.Applied topically, both Sassafras Oil with safrole and “safrole-free” Sassafras Oil can cause burning, itching, and rashes.