Don’t get tricked by your treats.

Americans buy roughly 748 million pounds of candy every Halloween — and more than half of parents admit to swiping a few pieces from their kids’ stash.

But there’s more to fear than a trip to the dentist.

Experts warn that certain ingredients in chocolates and candies can clash with medications and medical conditions, leading to some truly frightful side effects.

So before you tear into another fun-size bar, here are five ways your Halloween haul could turn your health into a horror show if you aren’t careful.

The dark side of chocolate

Chocolate treats are consistently among the top sweets handed out on Halloween, but for people taking monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), they could come back to haunt them.

These antidepressants interfere with

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