Medicine without any evidence

Question 1

CAM is brought up by the ___ the majority of the time

Answer 1

Patient

Question 2

What is the primary source of CAM information?

Answer 2

Friends/Family/idiots

Question 3

People with ____ illness are more likely to use CAM

Answer 3

psychiatric

Question 4

__% of CAM users also take conventional pharmacology

Answer 4

67

Question 5

CAM patients are ___ income, ____ educated, and feel like they’re in __ health

Answer 5

higher; well; poor

Question 6

____-_ may create a pro-inflammatory state due to them not being in balance with omega-6

Answer 6

omega-3

Question 7

What two disorders do Omega-3 have evidence for being helpful?

Answer 7

MDD; Bipolar

Question 8

Omega 3 treats only the __ of bipolar disorder not the __

Answer 8

depression; mania

Question 9

Too high doses for Omega 3s can lead to ___ cycling

Answer 9

mood

Question 10

Folate deficiency is strongly associated with ___

Answer 10

depression

Question 11

B12 deficiency is strongly associated with

Answer 11

peripheral neuropathy

Question 12

SAMe may increase ___ in the brain and is effective in depression, as well as ____ disease

Answer 12

serotonin; parkinson’s

Question 13

Biochemically SAMe functions as a _____ ____ doner

Answer 13

methyl group

Question 14

SAMe also augments ___ treatment in depressed people

Answer 14

SSRI

Question 15

Avoid SAMe in ___ disorder because of the mania

Answer 15

bipolar

Question 16

Low vitamin ___ may be implicated in depression

Answer 16

D3

Question 17

SJW and _____ don’t mix

Answer 17

SSRIs

Question 18

SJW is a CYP3A4 ____ with __ amounts of hyperforin and may interact with a lot of drugs

Answer 18

inducer; high

Question 19

Kva increases ___ transmission

Answer 19

GABA

Question 20

Due to its ___ induction and coma potential if mixed with alcohol or benzos, we don’t recommend Kava

Answer 20

p450

Question 21

___ tea inhibits GABA metabolizing enzymes and is used in anxiety

Answer 21

Chamomile

Question 22

Ginkgo Biloba increases ___ blood flow and induces __ and may cause __ in old people, we don’t recommend for alzheimers

Answer 22

cerebral; anti-platelet activating factor

Question 23

Only patients with both MCI and ___ symptoms have ginkgo biloba been shown to work

Answer 23

neuropsychiatric symptoms