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Herbal Health Products and Supplements are Safe Because They’re Natural!

Yes! Herbal health products and supplements are safer than medicines just because they occur in nature or come from
plants. After all, many plants are poisonous! Although herbal products and supplements are advertised natural, because
they are necessarily natural to the human body.
Unlike prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) medicines, herbal products and supplements are already tested to prove they
work well and are safe before they’re sold. Also, they are pure. And they also contain other ingredients, such as plant
pollen, that could make you Fit and Fine.
Herbal health products or supplements cannot affect the way the body processes drugs. The use of complementary and Herbal
Products by the public in the United States increased from 33.8 to 42.1 percent from 1990 to 1997(1), and individual use
of herbal products users was reported as ranging from 12.1 to 26 percent (1-3). Gaedeke et al. reported that 29 percent of
a group of college students used herbal products (4).
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Hoodia Gordonii has been used for generations by South African tribesmen to starve off hunger and thirst during long
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Not so much. Being natural has nothing to do with saftey. Look at arsenic, opium, cocaine, ricin, botulinum toxin. All natural. So is cobra venom, for that matter. Herbs work the same way drugs do. They have the same side effects and interactions. Anyone who thinks these are "safer" is fooling themselves. Any good naturopath knows this. G
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Old 05-18-2006, 08:49 PM
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Are you for real ********. Yes, herbs have been used for a long time but there are not a lot of studies on their effectiveness. As such effectiveness is know through word of mouth. The scientific method is designed to evaluate all medications including herbs by creating placebo/control groups and groups receiving the drug. Without such studies we are truly left in the dark as to the effectiveness of any supplement including herbs and pharmaceutical drugs. Yes, on one hand there is motivation by pharmaceuticals to promote a drug but it is equally important to know whether that herb you are buying is truly effective. There is a good book called PDR of Herbal Medicines (2004) by Joerg Gruenwald that attempts to described interactions and doses required for herbs. Now the book is not perfect but no book is and information is continually being updated as newer studies are being performed. Please note that any natural substance eg.red wine, beer, marijuana .. you can overdose and overwhelm your liver and kidneys not to mention cause some serious Brain disfunction. Be wise before you try or prescribe.
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Just because something is natural doesn't mean that it is safe. That said, I hate it when pharmacuetical companies take herbs off the shelf so that they can regulate them as drugs. They did this with the useful form of red yeast rice. The form with the effective active ingredient is the same ingredient in one of the statin drugs, so they took it off the market and charge more for the drug. What a crock!! You can still buy red yeast rice, but it can't be manufactured in the manner required to make it work as a statin drug. So basically they have made it useless so they could make extra money.

Another one is the drug Marinol. It is the synthetic form of THC. It is hugely overpriced. THC could be extracted from marijuana at a fraction of the cost. Not to mention, there is nothing in marijuana that is known to be medically harmful if the active ingredients are dissolved in butter/oil and eaten rather than smoked. And to think that cigarettes and alcohol are perfectly legal. Who are they kidding anyway??????
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