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Subcommittee:
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NAME
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SCHOOL
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EMAIL
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Pam Potter (Chair)
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Midwestern University
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ppotte@midwestern.edu
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Art
Grollman
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State University
of New York at Stony Brook
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Julia Ousterhout
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Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine
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Teh-Ching Chu
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Morehouse School of Medicine
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Henry R. Besch
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Indiana University
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Dolores C. Shockley
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Meharry Medical College
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Sam Strada
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University of South Alabama
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Pushkar N. Kaul
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Clark Atlanta Univeristy
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Kanji Nakatsu
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Queens University
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Knowledge Objectives:
1. Understand
that there is little or no regulation of herbal products, so that products may
not contain the quantity of active compound listed on the bottle.
2. If you are
going to use a herbal product, use information from independent labs which
determine the quality of herbal products (e.g. consumerlab.com).
3. Be aware
that there is evidence for effectiveness for some herbal products, but many
others have been shown to have no beneficial effect.
4. Be aware
of serious drug interactions that can occur between herbal products and
prescription medicines.
5. Be aware of
serious side effects of herbal products, and which must be avoided in
pregnancy.
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