Until now, interactions between prescription drug and over-the-counter pharmaceuticals have be well documented, but information about the effects of drug-nutrient and drug-herb combinations has been harder to come by. Here Martin Hum Ph.D, DHD examines some of the potential nteractions that can occur between conventional medications, dietary supplements and commonly used herbs.

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Interactions - drug-nutrient and drug-herb combinations.



This article originally appeared in the Autumn 2000 issue of Optimum Nutrition Magazine.

drug interactionUntil now, interactions between prescription drug and over-the-counter pharmaceuticals have be well documented, but information about the effects of drug-nutrient and drug-herb combinations has been harder to come by. Here Martin Hum Ph.D, DHD examines some of the potential nteractions that can occur between conventional medications, dietary supplements and commonly used herbs.


Do  you know which vitamins are safe to take with cholesterol-lowering medication?  Or which drugs may interact with St Johns Wort?  Or whether somebody on
high blood pressure tablets should be taking a potassium supplement? These kinds of questions are cropping up more often as the popularity of nutritional and herbal supplements grows and the public increasingly relies on a mix of pharmaceutical drugs and natural remedies.  Drug companies make extensive information available for doctors on the interactions between pharmaceutical products. The interactions between drugs and natural medicines are much less researched and the results of such research are harder to find.

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