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Natural Medicines

Tutorial on Natural Medicine's databases and tools.

Tools

Natural Medicines provides a series of tools to determine drug, supplement, and human interaction.Tools Menu

  • Interaction Checker
    • This tool combines medicines and supplements in order to determine if there have been reported effects do to interaction.
  • Nutrient Depletion
    • This reports if a supplement or drug is known to deplete bodily nutrients.
  • Effectiveness Checker
    • This checker inputs a condition or disease and the site provides potentially effective natural medicines.
  • Adverse Effects Checker
    • This provides a list of diseases and symptoms and what natural medicines can cause them.
  • Pregnancy & Lactation Checker
    • This checker provides a list of herbs, natural medicines and supplements and whether they are safe to consume during pregnancy and lactation periods.
  • Charts [Charts & Tables]
    • This provides additional charts and information on more broad subjects, such as Drug-Induced Nutrient Depletion.
    • Topics without additional charts or tables will link to their monographs.
  • Natural MedWatch
    • Natural MedWatch allows users to report potential side effects in regard to herbs, natural medicines and supplements.
  • FDA Advisory
    • A list of unlawful ingredients for dietary supplements
  • COVID-19 Advisory
    • A list of supplements that are fraudulent purported to treat COVID-19.