17 Aug Health Care Professionals are often responsible for being aware of mediation and herbal supplement interactions.

Health Care Professionals are often responsible for being aware of mediation and herbal supplement interactions.

Please post your response to the following questions to participate in the discussion with your classmates – in addition, reply to at least two other students.

Discussion Prompts: (Please answer all of the prompts)

Select a dietary supplement (vitamin product, herbal supplement, amino acids, etc.)  Using the following websites—Websites: HerbMed® (Links to an external site.),(for HerbMed, search the product and then click on “View the HerbMed Pro Record”, some other areas you need access to log in.) Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s article About Herbs, Botanicals & Other Products (Links to an external site.), About Herbs (Links to an external site.), Office of Dietary Supplements (Links to an external site.), Dietary Supplement Label Database (Links to an external site.) or PubMed Dietary  (Links to an external site.)—examine the dietary supplement for:

Please address each item listed below and maintain numbering in your post.

Name of Dietary Supplement:

Common uses:

Possible herb-drug interactions:

Potential risks of use:

Diet-herb interactions:

Possible effects on nutrition status or food intake:

Summarize in two to three paragraphs whether the proposed benefits of the product outweigh its risks.