Short description
'Mosby's Handbook of Drug Herb and Drug Supplement Interactions'.
Long description
With an increasing number of patients combining herbal treatments with prescribed medications, reliable information on herb/supplement and pharmaceutical interactions is much needed. This portable reference is organized alphabetically by drug name and features an entry for each drug-herb/supplement combination that has a proven interaction. Each entry is rated on a scale of 1 to 4 and includes information on related drugs, an interaction summary, a discussion of the interaction, management suggestions and references. There are also appendices on interactions by herb or supplement, nutrient depletions and drug-herb add-on depressant interactions.