Herbal supplements are medications. As I have said in my other posts, just because it is “natural” and you don’t need a prescription, does not mean it isn’t a strong medication. I am still stunned when medications get labeled as “supplements” instead of medications, so they bypass the FDA. The FDA requires pesky things like
Yup.
Herbals are medications. In general, ones which are “heart healthy” and help you with atherosclerotic disease, peripheral vascular disease, impotence, or have anticoagulation properties = MAKE YOU BLEED. Seems obvious, but sometimes it is hard to think herbals are medications, and you may be taking an herbal for a different effect, like depression, and not
Just because it is “herbal” and natural, does not mean it is safe.
Vincristine, a chemotherapy agent, comes from a common garden flower.
Herbal supplements are common, particularly here in the Bay Area. They are in everything: single pill diet herbal supplements, power drinks, teas, diet pills, and muscle building supplements. I joke it is probably in
Vitamins.
They are good for you. Is more better? What happens when you take more? Do you pee it out? Or does it help you heal better?
When looking into this, I went to the scientific articles, not the press. I do take things with a grain of salt: all scientific papers are not equal. Was it
Americans love to supersize.
Big cars, Supersized fries, the super big gulp. But bigger is not better when it comes to breast implants.
I answered a question from a patient who had been an AA her whole life. She was teased and felt self conscious. So she decided to do breast augmentation. Her surgeon (not me,
Thanks to all of you for coming on Thursday for our informational session on Sculptra.
Here are some links to videos on the national news showing the injections: (No, I don’t look to these media outlets for my medical advice, but I do think these are good snippets to show you how the injections are done.
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