Ginkgo Biloba: uses, dosing, side effects & brands
Ginkgo Biloba is a medicine sold in the U.S. under one brand. Below: what the FDA label says, every product that contains it, what the pills look like, and its recall record.
Key facts
- Available as
- Oral pellets
- Sold as
- Ginkgo Biloba
- Generic available?
- Yes
Every ginkgo biloba product we track (1)
Same active ingredient — different manufacturer, form, price and FDA recall record. That last one is what our independent score measures.
Only one: Ginkgo Biloba.
What people report to the FDA about ginkgo biloba
The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) collects reports from patients and clinicians. It holds 2,214 reports naming ginkgo biloba, and the FDA flagged 76% of those reports as serious. The effects reported most often — leaving out reports about overdose, misuse or the condition being treated, which dominate the raw list for common medicines:
- fatigue164 reports
- dizziness153 reports
- nausea146 reports
- headache143 reports
- fall137 reports
- diarrhoea119 reports
- asthenia115 reports
- dyspnoea95 reports
Read these as a signal, not a rate. A report does not mean ginkgo biloba caused the effect — anyone can file one, and many describe people taking several medicines for several conditions. Crucially there is no denominator: FAERS does not record how many people took the drug, so these counts cannot be turned into “X% of patients” — a bigger number often just means a more widely used or more talked-about drug. Duplicates exist, and publicity drives reporting. For what is actually established, read the FDA label section above.
Source: openFDA drug/event (FAERS), retrieved July 25, 2026.
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Frequently asked questions
What is ginkgo biloba?
Ginkgo Biloba is a dietary supplement.
Can you take ginkgo biloba with other medicines?
It depends on the medicine. We check it against the FDA labels rather than guessing: our interaction checker searches each drug's own label for the other and quotes what it says, naming the section it came from. Run ginkgo biloba against whatever else you take — and remember that a label not naming a drug is not the same as that combination being safe.
What forms does ginkgo biloba come in?
Across the brands we track, ginkgo biloba is currently marketed as oral pellets, per the FDA's National Drug Code Directory. Each form is dosed differently — follow the label for the exact product you were prescribed.
Is there a generic ginkgo biloba?
Yes. Our catalog lists 1 generic ginkgo biloba product alongside the brand versions. A generic has the same active ingredient and must meet the FDA's bioequivalence standard; it usually costs less. Ask your pharmacist which one your plan covers.
Cite this page
- APA
- pharmaranks. (2026, July 24). Ginkgo Biloba: uses, dosing, side effects & brands. https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/ginkgo-biloba
- MLA
- “Ginkgo Biloba: uses, dosing, side effects & brands.” pharmaranks, 24 July 2026, https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/ginkgo-biloba.
We summarise public FDA and NIH sources — for a clinical claim, cite the primary source we link to as well.
Sources: FDA openFDA drug label, National Drug Code Directory, and Enforcement (recall) database. This page reproduces public FDA data and is not medical advice. Dosing is set by your prescriber.
Read the full FDA label for ginkgo biloba on DailyMed (NIH) ↗.