A-Z Guide to Drug-Herb-Vitamin Interactions : How to Improve Your Health and Avoid Problems When Using Common Medications and Natural Supplements Together

If you're either taking, or thinking of taking, vitamins or herbs along with your prescription and non-prescription medications, then you and your family must have this book! Millions of people, just like you, use both without knowing that some combinations are beneficial while some can be downright dangerous. Based on the information fromHealthnotes Onlinedatabase,theA-Z Guide to Drug-Herb-Vitamin Interactionsis written by a highly respected team of natural medicine experts --medical doctors, naturopathic physicians, and pharmacists-who have created a natural health information resource that is both comprehensive and user-friendly. TheA-Z Guide to Drug-Herb-Vitamin Interactionshelps you learn which drugs can deplete your body's essential nutrients; which supplements can help your prescriptions work better, or reduce drug side effects; and which herbs and drugs should never be taken together. Did you know that: Along with bad bacteria, antibiotics kill good bacteria that need to be replenished? Birth control pills deplete the body's stores of folic acid? Asian ginseng may help your flu vaccine work better? Ginkgo can help reduce Prozac-induced sexual dysfunction? Vitamin K can destroy the drug action of Warfarin? "TheA-Z Guide to Drug-Herb-Vitamin Interactionsis presented in a very clear and concise mannermaking it accessible to both health professionals and consumers. It is an indispensable resource for people who take medications, as well as those who prescribe or dispense themand it's especially useful for anyone concerned about nutrition and herbal therapies. It will be an essential resource on my bookshelf."Joe Graden, MS, AuthorThe Peoples' Pharmacy "This comprehensive review of drug-nutrient interactionsby far the most exhaustive of its kindis an invaluable tool for all consumers and professionals, integrating the worlds of conventional and alternative medicine."Julian Whitaker, MD, Editor, Health & Healingnewsletter "The use of this excellent book can do so much to improve a person's general health and knowledge. Putting into practice the easy-to-use information in this book can help avoid many potential problems and can greatly increase good health and well-being."James M. Brodsky, RPh, Instructor, University of Southern California College of Pharmacy Recommended by the Today Show.

Steve Austin, N.D., is a licensed naturopathic physician and Professor of Nutrition at National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon.

Alan R. Gaby, M.D., an expert in nutritional therapies and the current endowed professor of nutrition at Bastyr University in Seattle, Washington, is the author of several books, including The Doctor's Guide to Vitamin B6 and Preventing and Reversing Osteoporosis. He lives in Seattle, Washington.

Donald J. Brown, N.D., is a phytotherapy specialist, the founder and director of Natural Product Research Consultants Inc., and has served as an adviser to the Office of Dietary Supplements at the National Institutes of Health. He lives in Seattle, Washington.