Herbal Supplements

Efficacy, Toxicity, Interactions with Western Drugs, and Effects on Clinical Laboratory Tests

Amitava Dasgupta editor Catherine A Hammett-Stabler editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:John Wiley & Sons Inc

Published:4th Jan '11

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HERBAL SUPPLEMENTS

An evenhanded study of pharmacological interactions between Western drugs and herbal supplements

Today, a significant percentage of Americans turn to complementary and alternative medicine practices. Despite their popularity and wide use, these products do not undergo the same pre-market testing for safety and efficacy that is required of pharmaceuticals. In Herbal Supplements: Efficacy, Toxicity, Interactions with Western Drugs, and Effects on Clinical Laboratory Tests, editors Amitava Dasgupta and Catherine Hammett-Stabler present a comprehensive introduction to both safe and unsafe herbal supplements. The book emphasizes the pharmacological interactions identified between Western drugs and herbal supplements, and the effects of herbal supplements on clinical laboratory tests.

Herbal Supplements provides a guide to the interpretation of abnormal test results in otherwise healthy subjects due to use of herbal remedies. Focusing on interactions between herbals and pharmaceuticals, sources of contamination in herbal supplements, and analytical techniques used in the investigation of herbal remedies, the book details:

  • Pharmacological interactions between Western drugs and herbal supplements
  • Effects of herbal supplements on clinical laboratory tests
  • Key interactions between herbal supplements and various pharmaceutical drugs
  • Medicinal plants and toxic effects
  • Contamination of herbal supplements from metals, pharmaceuticals, and plant poisoning
  • Analytical techniques, including immunoassays, used in the investigation of herbal remedies

Unbiased and literature-based, this text offers toxicologists, clinical chemists, analysts, and pharmacologists a no-nonsense take on the efficacy, toxicity, and drug interactions of herbal supplements and medicines.

"This is a wonderful addition to the field of laboratory medicine. You need this book if you ever have to answer questions on how herbal supplements affect clinical laboratory tests." (Doody's, 23 September 2011)

"Summing Up: Recommended. Medical students and clinicians." (Choice, 1 August 2011)

"Even though Americans rely increasingly on alternative medicine, herbal and traditional remedies do not undergo the testing for safety and efficacy as pharmaceutical drugs. In this book, editors Dasgupta (pathology and laboratory medicine, U. of Texas Medical School at Houston) and Hammett-Stabler (pathology and laboratory medicine, U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) present a balanced and comprehensive introduction to herbal supplements, emphasizing the pharmacological interactions between herbal supplements and Western pharmaceuticals". (Booknews, 1 June 2011)
 

ISBN: 9780470433508

Dimensions: 241mm x 165mm x 32mm

Weight: 812g

488 pages