In the United States (US), the risk of hepatotoxicity linked to the widespread use of certain herbal products has gained increased attention among regulatory scientists. Based on current US law, all dietary supplements sold domestically, including botanical supplements, are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a special category of foods. Under this designation, regulatory scientists do not routinely evaluate the efficacy of these products prior to their marketing, despite the content variability and phytochemical complexity that often characterizes them.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Dietary supplements, such as herbal or complementary nutritional products and micronutrients (vitamins and minerals), are commonly used in the United States, yet national data on adverse effects are limited.
Methods: We used nationally representative surveillance data from 63 emergency departments obtained from 2004 through 2013 to describe visits to U.S.
J Am Osteopath Assoc
December 1999
As companies, including large pharmaceutical houses, try to market supplemental nutrients and herbal products to ever-increasing numbers of consumers, diabetics will start to approach their physicians about these alternative remedies. A whole new industry know as "neutraceuticals" has evolved. This new industry is a combination of the vitamin supplement and herbal industries trying to work with regulatory agents to develop good manufacturing processes to ensure that consumers obtain good products.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Am Osteopath Assoc
December 1999
This article emphasizes to primary care physicians the importance of maintaining a diabetic patient's blood sugar level within the normal range. Additionally, it aims to impress on those who care for diabetic patients some of the adverse consequences of surgical and dental procedures that can be avoided by proper precautionary measures taken before the procedures.
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