CONCERN AFFECTING MANY PEOPLE.
WELCOME BACK.
WELL, EVERY OTHER
THURSDAY WE'RE TAKING A
LOOK AT A HEALTH ISSUE
OR CONCERN ABOUT MANY
PEOPLE.
DOCTOR KALANI BRADY FROM
THE JOHN A. BURNS SCHOOL
OF MEDICINE JOINS US NOW
WITH THIS WEEK'S TOPIC
DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS AND
HERBAL MEDICINES.
GOOD MORNING, DOCTOR.
GOOD MORNING.
HERBAL MEDICINES SEEM
TO BE VERY POPULAR, SO
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN HERBAL MEDICINE
AND YOUR REGULAR
MEDICINE?
HERBAL MEDICINES CAN
BE BOUGHT OVER THE
COUNTER.
THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME
REQUIREMENTS BY THE FDA
FOR SAFETY AND EFFICACY
THAT THE FDA IMPOSES ON
PRESCRIPTION
MEDICATIONS.
SUPERMARKETS, HEALTH
FOOD STORES, DRUG
STORES, SOLD OVER THE
E-MAIL, A WHOLE BUNCH OF
DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR
GETTING HERBAL
MEDICINES.
AND THESE SUPPLEMENTS
HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN
AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.
RIGHT.
3,500 YEARS AGO WE HAVE
RECORDS IN EGYPT OF SOFT
PALMETTO USED FOR
PROSTATE DISEASE AND HIP .
IPOCRATES AND THEY HAVE
GIVEN RISE TO BASICALLY
A LOT OF OUR PRESENT
DRUGS THAT HAVE BEEN
TESTED AND FOUND HE HAVE
EFFICAIOUS.
DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS
ACCOUNT FOR THE AMERICAN
POPULATION OF ADULTS
ABOUT 18% OF AMERICANS
USE A DIETARY
SUPPLEMENT.
I USE ONE AS WELL.
THE MOST COMMONLY USED
WHICH IS FISH OIL AND I
USE IT FOR MY HEART
HEALTH AND I BUY IT
OVER-THE-COUNTER AND
IT'S PERFECTLY SAFE AND
THERE ARE OTHER SUPPOSED
BENEFITS AS WELL.
GLUE DOSE MEAN,
PROBIOTIC AND MELATONIN
ARE OTHER COMMON NATURAL
PRODUCTS.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE
SCREEN THERE THE
PERCENTAGE OF AMERICANS
THAT USE THESE PRODUCTS
ON A YEARLY BASIS.
AND SOME OTHER HERBAL
NAUSEA AND VOMITING.
ECHINACEA FOR TREATING
COLDS.
SO THESE ARE MEDICINES
PEOPLE COMMONLY USE.
RIGHT.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT
FREQUENTLY FILLING THE
GAP HANDICAP PLACES
WHERE THERE AREN'T
PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS
THAT ARE VERY EFFECTIVE.
WHAT PRESCRIPTION
MEDICATION DO WE HAVE
FOR COLDS?
VIRAL COLDS REALLY
NOTHING.
SO THE NATURAL PRODUCT
IS PROBABLY EFFECTIVE
SOMEWHAT TO HELP WITH
THE COLDS.
HOW DO YOU KNOW
EXACTLY WHEN TO USE IT
AND FOR WHICH AILMENT
DANGERS?
WELL, YOU CAN ASK
YOUR FRIENDLY
NEIGHBORHOOD DOCTOR.
THEY BASICALLY ARE
SCHOOLED IN SOME NATURAL
PRODUCTS, AND THERE ARE
LISTS OF NATURAL
PRODUCTS.
THERE IS A NATIONAL
INSTITUTE OF
COMPLIMENTARY AND
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE AT
THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES
OF HEALTH WHICH HAD DONE
RESEARCH ON NATURAL
PRODUCTS AND CAN TELL
YOU WHAT HAS BEEN SHOWN
TO BE EFFECTIVE AND WHAT
SIDE-EFFECTS EXIST.
SO YOU CAN ALSO ASK YOUR
FRIENDS BUT ALSO TEST IT
PRACTITIONER, A
PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT, A
PHARMACIST OR YOUR
DOCTOR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH,
DR. BRADY.
NICE SEEING YOU AGAIN.
HAPPY NEW YEAR.