SAFETY & ETHICS: HERB-DRUG INTERACTIONS, PART 2

Course overview

This course covers herb-drug interactions including both contraindications and cautions. Simply download the course, take the quiz, and receive a certificate of completion for 4 Florida CEs for the medical errors category. The benefits of adjusting herb usages and dosages when patients are taking pharmaceuticals is presented. Participants are familiarized with pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, and also the additive, synergistic, and antagonistic interactions of herbs with drugs. Drugs are herbs are listed and analyzed according to their uses for specific conditions and by functional categories. In addition, each pathological condition is presented with case histories for a better understanding of the clinical application of the knowledge provided. This course provides materials helpful in avoiding adverse sides effects from the use of herbal medicines. Participants learn: The interactions of beta-blockers, sedative/hypnotics, and antidepressants with calm spirit and phlegm dissolving herbs. The interactions of raise blood pressure & increase heart beat drugs with warm the interior, Kidney Qi and Yang tonics, and achor the Yang herbs. The interactions of Lower blood pressure drugs (antihypertensives) with raising the Qi and Yang herbs. The interactions of anti-estrogenic drugs with herbs that tonify Qi, Blood, Jing, and Kidney Yang. The interactions of stop diarrhea drugs with laxative, purgative, Spleen Qi tonic, and lubricate Yin herbs.