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.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 2 reviews)

Information Overload!

This book is a great thing to have for reference. Only problem is now I think I am paranoid!! Seriously, I do think that more people should take note of Drug-Drug and Herb-Drug interactions. And it always pays to be a smart consumer. Caveat Emptor!
September 13, 2007

Drug Vitamin Herb Interaction

This is an interesting reference guide for the multitude of herbs, many of which are not sold commercially, and drugs. The interactions with drugs have no citations for the stated cautions and the lists of drugs seem overwhelming. The cautions are probably correct, especially since drugs have such powerful effects. This is a good book to have for its cautions, but as so often the case with drugs, the problem lies within the nature of the drug and not the herb. So often drugs are prescribed for health concerns that should be approached through diet and exercise, and diet includes nutritional supplements and herbs. For example, rather than not taking Vitamin E, one should reduce the drug Coumadin. Cholesterol especially should not be treated with drugs creating many bad (side) effects, but with diet and exercise.
August 24, 2007

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