15SW18 - Analgesia: The Search for Effective Pain Relief Format:Audio A New Look at Herb-Drug

A New Look at Herb-Drug Interactions

Gene Expression and Reproductive Health 138 Roy Upton

Glucophage (metformin) is commonly used to treat non-insulin-dependent diabetes but side effects and increasing dependence can affect quality of life

This talk reviews the published information about arsenic and its differing forms (really bad and not very bad at all)

15SW18 - Analgesia: The Search for Effective Pain Relief Format:Audio A New Look at Herb-DrugSpeaker: David Winston. While herbs are not as powerful as opiates and other pharmaceutical medications, they can offer safer and often highly effective pain management. In this talk we discuss how specific herbs can relieve specific types of pain, how to combine herbs to create a synergistic effect which reduces inflammation, pain perception and spasm, and how botanicals can enhance the effects of common pharmaceutical pain medications.