Herbal Medicines : An evidence based look

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Herbal Medicines : An evidence based look Therapeutics Initiative (University of British Columbia)

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Therapeutics Letter 25 highlights the importance of clinicians documenting use of herbal medicines as part of their patient’s drug profile. Conclusions: To establish the effectiveness of herbs as medicines, they must be tested in prospective, double blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trials (RCTs). Relatively few herbs have been tested in this manner. Plants are rich sources of chemicals and potential sources of effective medicines. However, more research, regulation, and standardization are required before herbal medicines can be recommended as effective and safe therapies.

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Title	Herbal Medicines : An evidence based look
Alternate Title	Therapeutics Letter 25
Creator	Therapeutics Initiative (University of British Columbia)
Date Issued	1998-08
Description	Therapeutics Letter 25 highlights the importance of clinicians documenting use of herbal medicines as part of their patient’s drug profile. Conclusions: To establish the effectiveness of herbs as medicines, they must be tested in prospective, double blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trials (RCTs). Relatively few herbs have been tested in this manner. Plants are rich sources of chemicals and potential sources of effective medicines. However, more research, regulation, and standardization are required before herbal medicines can be recommended as effective and safe therapies.
Subject	Plants, Medicinal; Reference Standards
Genre	Other
Type	Text
Language	eng
Notes	The UBC TI is funded by the BC Ministry of Health to provide evidence-based information about drug therapy. We neither formulate nor adjudicate provincial drug policies.
Date Available	2023-06-20
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0433604
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/85014
Affiliation	Medicine, Faculty of; Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Department of
Peer Review Status	Reviewed
Scholarly Level	Faculty; Researcher
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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