PHAR 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Alternative Medicine, Comfrey, Rheumatoid Arthritis
4 May 2016
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State the reasons for public use of herbal medicines. Discuss the value of plants for obtaining pharmaceuticals. State the problems associated with manufacture, sale, and use of herbal medicines. Describe valerian, devil"s claw, echinacea, aloe, ginseng, and st. john"s wort in terms of efficacy, proposed uses, and toxicities. More widely used in europe as 40% of european physicians prescribe them and their requirements are more stringent. In 2004 canada introduced new regulations for herbal products to ensure their efficacy and safety. 2/3 of the world"s population relies on herbal products. Allopathic medicines: drugs used in mainstream medicine and have a drug identification number from. Herbal medicines: plant products sold as medicine, often crude mixtures and evaluation is lacking. Phytopharmaceuticals: drugs obtained from plants, purified and used at therapeutic doses with scientific efficacy and documented toxicity. Allopathic phytopharmaceuticals: full status as a drug and meet all the requirements of a drug.
