So good they had to name it “slimming” twice.
Unfortunately, Slimming Beauty contains the active pharmaceutical ingredient sibutramine (Meridia), a stimulant. And the marketer, Beautiful Health Inc., formerly LL Health and Beauty, failed to list it among the ingredients on the label. Continue reading Consumer Alert: Slimming Beauty Bitter Orange Slimming Capsules
Researchers from Kyung Hee University in Seoul, Republic of Korea studied Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng) and found no interaction with the blood thinner, warfarin (Coumadin). Continue reading The ginseng/warfarin interaction debate
Losartan (Cozaar), which is used to treat high blood pressure, is metabolized by liver enzymes CYP2C9 and CYP3A4 to an active metabolite, E-3174, which has greater antihypertensive activity than Losartan itself.
We also know that soy extract activates CYP2C9 and CYP3A4 in the lab. Should we worry about a soy-drug interaction? Continue reading Does soy interact with losartan?
The haptoglobin (Hp) 2-2 gene is dysfunctional in people with diabetes and increases their risk of cardiovascular disease.
Researchers at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, tested the antioxidant vitamin E to protect diabetic patients with HP 2-2 from cardiovascular complications. Continue reading Reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease in people with diabetes
Aromatase inhibitors are a class of drugs used to treat breast cancer and ovarian cancer in postmenopausal women.
Now, the FDA is recalling the following supplements that illegally contain these drugs. Continue reading Consumer Alert: Aromatase inhibitors in dietary supplements
It’s an effective option, according to researchers in the US. Continue reading Telephonic diabetes management in elderly Americans
Researchers from several US medical schools surveyed the students. Continue reading Survey of American medical students about CAM
That’s the recommendation from Dr. Barrie Cassileth, who is chief of the integrative medicine service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.
Highlights from the Medscape interview are listed below. Continue reading Acupuncturists treating cancer patients need extra education
Researchers at INSERM (Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Medicale), in Montpellier, France, tell us lifestyle changes can more than offset the risk posed by genetics, which, of course, can’t be changed. Continue reading Relative importance of lifestyle changes on the risk of dementia
Researchers at the University of Minnesota, in Minneapolis, report the risk.
And the tanning industry disputes the findings. Continue reading Indoor tanning and the risk of melanoma
It’s labeled as “100% natural” and consumers may mistakenly assume the product is harmless and poses no health risk.
The FDA says, Not so fast, all you erectilely challenged people out there. Continue reading Consumer Alert: TimeOut
According to the distributor, it will awaken your magical power.
But he FDA says Mr. Magic contains hydroxythiohomosildenafil and sulfoaildenafil, an analogue of sildenafil (Viagra), the FDA-approved drug for male erectile dysfunction (ED), making this product an unapproved drug. Continue reading Consumer Alert: Mr. Magic
The distributor of this product recommends to, “Be ready when the time is right!”
The FDA says not so fast. Prolatis contains “sulfoaildenafil, an analogue of sildenafil [Viagra],… making Prolatis an unapproved drug.” Continue reading Consumer Alert: Prolatis
The English commonly combine CAM with prescription drugs.
Let’s compare these findings by Prof. Ernst and colleagues to CAM use in other countries. Continue reading Prevalence of CAM use in England
Wikipedia states, “Claims of homeopathy’s efficacy beyond the placebo effect are unsupported by the collective weight of scientific and clinical evidence.”
But this study from Germany concludes that the evidence doesn’t support this belief. Continue reading Placebo effect with homeopathic vs conventional drugs
There are 2 things in CAM you can count on.
First: There’s a good chance that the contents of the supplement you buy are likely to be less than what’s listed on the label. Continue reading Consumer Alert: The list is almost too long… to list
Researchers at The University of Hong Kong, in China, studied the effectiveness of pain management education in people with musculoskeletal trauma that required orthopedic surgery. Continue reading Effectiveness of patient education on pain and anxiety
Both have undeclared ingredients, which were discovered by the FDA.
Both pose a risk to people who use them and are being withdrawn from the marketplace. Continue reading Consumer Alert: Revivexxx Extra Strength and Solo Slim
Cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6) is a liver enzyme responsible for the metabolism of approximately 30% of all drugs.
Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock studied the effect of CYP2D6 on the metabolism of several herbal supplements and the risk of drug interactions. Continue reading CYP2D6-mediated herb-drug interactions
The FDA found that these dietary supplements contain sulfoaildenafil, similar to sildenafil (Viagra).
The inclusion of sulfoaildenafil as an active ingredient is not FDA-approved, making these products unapproved drugs. Continue reading Consumer Alert: ejaculoid XXTREME and stimuloid II