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
Dietary Supplements
- Food and Nutrition Information Center (NAL) DietarySupplements 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)
http://www.nutrition.gov/
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