Learn how hundreds of common herbs and supplements
interact with popular medications -
and what you can do to protect yourself!

Herbs and vitamins can be marvelous health aids...
...but there are some dangers few people are aware of. Did you know that...

  • Using Echinacea to ward off a cold while on Tylenol can severely damage your liver?
  • St. John's wort can relieve depression, but also make birth control pills less effective?
  • Mixing kava kava with alcohol can be toxic?
  • Diabetics who take Panax Ginseng for insomnia can lower their blood pressure, possibly to dangerously low levels?
  • Drinking green tea for an upset stomach can lead to false-positive results on some tests for cancer?

Herbs, vitamins and other supplements go a long way toward helping the body heal itself. Properly used, they can be extremely useful health aids. However, they should not be taken indiscriminately, for they can interact with a number of medicines in harmful ways. Not only that, they can alter the results of key laboratory tests, make certain disease states worse, and cause dangerous reactions if they're combined with specific foods and supplements.

If you didn't know that...
...you're not alone. According to a major medical journal, "Most practicing physicians have little knowledge of herbal remedies and their effects." That means that millions of Americans have been left to fend for themselves - and how many of  them have suffered unfortunate consequences?

A new book helps you avoid potential problems!
George Grossberg, M.D. and Barry Fox, Ph.D., have teamed to produce The Essential Herb-Drug-Vitamin Interaction Guide, the most focused, comprehensive, and easy-to-use guide to avoiding harmful interactions. Published by Broadway Books, it will be available in book stores in April, 2007. 

At last, the 60 million Americans who use herbs and vitamins can enjoy their benefits without endangering their health. The Essential Herb-Drug-Vitamin Interaction Guide looks at 300 supplements and shows you if they interact with medicines, lab tests, diseases, foods, and other supplements.
 


The Authors

George Grossberg, M.D.

  • Professor of Geriatric Psychiatry at St. Louis University's School of Medicine
  • President, International Psycogeriatric Association
  • Former President, American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry


Barry Fox, Ph.D.

  • Chair, Consumer Advisory Council, American Nutraceutical Association
  • Editor of "The Nutraceutical Report"
  • Coauthor of the New York Times #1 best-selling The Arthritis Cure

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