Evaluating Herbal medication

Question 1

is used

together with conventional medicine

Answer 1

Complementary medicine

Question 2

is used in place of

conventional medicine.

Answer 2

Alternative medicine

Question 3

involves the use of
conventional medicine/medications with
evidence based safe and effective CAM
therapies

Answer 3

integrative medicine

Question 4

According to current US regulation:
products (other than ********) taken by
mouth that contain a "dietary ingredient"
intended to supplement the diet. These
may include vitamins, minerals, herbs or
other botanicals, amino acids, and
substances such as enzymes,
organ tissues and metabolites

Answer 4

tobacco

Question 5

how to herbal drugs differ from conventional drugs

Answer 5

herbs drugs are much more dilute, and the concentration can vary, plus you ahve to worry about mis id of plant at collection

Question 6

Why do patients use herbal

medicines? as opposed to convetional

Answer 6

Desire to exert control over one’s own
health
Belief that one can build resistance to
disease
“Natural” must be better
Disappointment with allopathic medicine
Multicultural influences

Question 7

DSHEA regulates dietary supplements as

Answer 7

foods! they cannot be called pharmaceuticals

Question 8

DSHEA makes every dietary supplment say

Answer 8

“This product has not been
evaluated by the FDA and is not intended to diagnose,
treat or prevent any disease.”

Question 9

USP certification

Answer 9

Tells consumer that the product contains
the stated ingredients, is pure and meets
limits for contaminants

Question 10

why dont manufactures want to conduct clincal studies on herbal medicines

Answer 10

there is minimal financial incentive to do so on a product you can not patent

Question 11

do we know the long term consequences of herbs

Answer 11

no

Question 12

what age is to young for hervs

Answer 12

any child under 3 years old

Question 13

Echinacea MOA

Answer 13

: immunostimulant, antiinflammatory,

mild antibiotic

Question 14

Echinacea Drug interactions

Answer 14

may interfere with

immunosuppressives

Question 15

ZINC MOA

Answer 15

interrupt viral replicaiton and cell attachment mechanisms of common cold

Question 16

use of st johns wart

Answer 16

for mild to moderate depression

Question 17

dont take st jogns wort if

Answer 17

you are on other antidepressant as you will get serotonin syndrome

Question 18

ephedra did what

Answer 18

it was a stimulant that increased thermogenesis for modest weight loss

Question 19

can you get ephedra noe

Answer 19

no it was removed from the market due to abuse potentional and cardiac risk

Question 20

heavy metal

Answer 20

no not a band but what is fond in chinese and indian herbals

Question 21

groups at risk for toxicity with herbals

Answer 21

very old very young, high dose consumers