The Essential Herb-Drug-Vitamin Interaction Guide

IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS OF MIXING HERBS, DRUGS, AND VITAMINS, YOU'RE PUTTING YOURSELF AT RISK.

Did you know that . . .

Using echinacea to ward off a cold while you're taking Tylenol can severely damage your liver?
Mixing kava kava and alcohol can be toxic?
If you're diabetic and you take Panax ginseng, you can dangerously lower your blood sugar levels?
Drinking green tea can lead to false-positive results for some forms of cancer?
Taking St. John's wort while you're on birth control, prescription antidepressants, or certain heart medications can be deadly?

These are just a few of the warnings you need to know. If you're one of the 60 million herb, vitamin, and supplement users in America, you need to know how to use herbs and supplements safely and effectively. The Essential Herb-Drug-Vitamin Interaction Guide profiles 300 supplements and gives vital information regarding potentially dangerous interactions, possible side effects, and typical dosages.

Written by a leading authority in the field and a veteran health writer, The Essential Herb-Drug-Vitamin Interaction Guide is organized alphabetically by herb, with an index of medications at the end of the book so you can instantly locate the information you need, Comprehensive, thoroughly researched, and easy to use, this is one health guide you can't afford to be without.

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Title of ebook: The Essential Herb-Drug-Vitamin Interaction Guide
ISBN: 9780307484369
parent-ISBN: 9780767922777
Publisher: Broadway
Pages: 624
Published: 11-2008
Released online for download: 11-10-2008
Author of eBook: Grossberg, George T.

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The Essential Herb-Drug-Vitamin Interaction Guide

The Safe Way to Use Medications and Supplements Together
Chapter One
The Warning You Haven’t Heard

Herbs have been used since ancient times to relieve numerous ailments. In the past, people didn’t understand how herbs worked; they only knew that they did. Today we know a lot more about herbs, their contents and chemistry, their mechanisms and uses. We know that when used properly, numerous herbs can be useful health aids. We also know that they cannot be indiscriminately mixed with medications, for herbs and drugs do interact, and the interactions can be harmful.

For example, let’s say that, like many other people, you take St. John’s wort to relieve depression. Then you go to your doctor, who prescribes a medication to deal with a different health issue. No problem, right?

• Not if a birth control pill has been prescribed. Taking birth control pills when you’re already taking St. John’s wort can cause breakthrough bleeding and unplanned pregnancy.

• Not if an antidepressant, such ... read full excerpt from: The Essential Herb-Drug-Vitamin Interaction Guide ebook

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