FAQ: Dietary Supplements, Complementary or Alternative Medicines
Question: Where can I find information about taking natural products, dietary supplements, medicinal plants or other complementary or alternative medicines?
Answer:
You can find information about these products and medicines from government information sources listed below.
Note: Before starting any supplement, ask your doctor or pharmacist for information. Natural products and dietary supplements may interact with medicine you are taking.
NLM MedlinePlus consumer health topic pages:
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
NLM
CAM on PubMed is a complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) subset of the MEDLINE/PubMed database.
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Complementary and Alternative Medicine page
http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/treatment/cam
NIH
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
http://nccam.nih.gov/ or phone (888)644-6226
Dietary Supplements
NLM
Dietary Supplements Labels Database
Specialized Information Services Division
http://dietarysupplements.nlm.nih.gov/dietary
NIH
Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)
http://dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov
Food and Nutrition Information Center (NAL)
Dietary Supplements page
http://fnic.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.php?info_center=4&tax_level=1&tax_subject=274
FDA Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition
Dietary Supplements Overview
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/supplmnt.html
Nutrition.gov information on human nutrition from the National Agriculture Library (NAL)
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