The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 136, Issue 5 , Pages 673-678, May 2000

Talking with families about herbal therapies

  • Marcia L. Buck, PharmD, FCCP

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Marcia L. Buck, PharmD, FCCP, Department of Pharmacy Services, Box 274-11, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA 22908.
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  • Robert S. Michel, MD

Children's Medical Center and Department of Pharmacy and Department of Pediatrics, University of Virgina Health System, Charlottesville.

Received 12 November 1999; accepted 21 December 1999.

Summary 

The use of herbal therapies is rapidly increasing among adults in the United States. It is anticipated that the use of these products will also increase in children, as parents incorporate alternative therapies into their family health care. Although some of these therapies appear to be safe and may be effective in children, many preparations have been linked to severe adverse effects. Parents should be reminded of these risks, as well as the lack of governmental regulations for herbal products and problems with purity and standardization of many products currently on the market. Health care providers can play an important role in educating patients and their parents about the potential risks of herbal therapies and the need to closely monitor any use in children.

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 The pages devoted to the Grand Rounds section are suppoted by a nonrestricted educational grant from Mead-Johnson Natritionals Presented at the Nineteenth Annual McLemore Birdsong Pediatric Conference, Hot Springs, Virginia, April 1999.

PII: S0022-3476(00)47691-2

doi:10.1067/mpd.2000.105234

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 136, Issue 5 , Pages 673-678, May 2000

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