Herbal Contraindications and Drug Interactions: Plus Herbal Adjuncts With Medicines, 4th Edition
Book Features
- Author: Francis Brinker
- Language: English
- ISBN10: 1888483148
Book Overview
>>>This book’s initial edition (1997) was the first of its type in addressing herbal interactions with drugs. This 4th edition keeps latest with analysis findings and scrupulously distinguishes amongst what is identified by means of (one) empirical clinical observations this kind of as situation reports, (two) data obtained from modern day clinical human research, (three) various types of laboratory analysis on animals and with tissues and cells. More than 2700 medical and scientific sources are cited to document these findings. In addition, the type of preparation studied is described to emphasize variations between preparations from the exact same herb, along with dosage size and duration. Conflicting results are utilized to put these concerns in context. This fourth edition more highlights these combinations of herbal preparations with drugs shown to beneficially increase therapeutic activity or reduce adverse effects, identified for 98 of the 321 herbs listed in the principal text. In addition, in depth appendices organize info on these 321 and further herbal remedies into categories addressing certain cautions, interactions with certain types of drugs, precautions for mothers, infants and young children, drug interactions with vitamins and minerals, and beneficial combinations with medicines employed for inflammations, infections, cancer, and for addressing substance abuse. The appendix sections addressing herbal influences on drug absorption and metabolism involving transport proteins, cytochrome P450 isoenzymes, and conjugating enzymes are the most substantial compilations obtainable anywhere….
