Stockley's Herbal Medicines Interactions

Stockley's Herbal Medicines Interactions
A guide to the interactions of herbal medicines, dietary supplements and nutraceuticals with conventional medicines
First edition
Edited by Elizabeth Williamson - Professor of Pharmacy Practice University of Reading, Samuel Driver - Development Editor, Stockley's Herbal Medicines Interactions, RPSGB, UK and Karen Baxter - Editor, Stockley's Drug Interactions, RPSGB, UK

Provides an invaluable reference text for all healthcare professionals who require evidence-based information on the interactions of conventional medicines with herbal medicines, dietary supplements and nutraceuticals.

Stockley's Herbal Medicines Interactions is a unique collaboration between a team of experts in the fields of drug interaction, clinical herbal medicines, phytopharmacovigilance and regulation of herbal medicinal products.

Herbal medicinal products are being used by an increasing number of people. Often such products are taken concurrently with conventional medicines, frequently without the knowledge of healthcare professionals. As more evidence becomes available, there is an increasing awareness of the potential, and actual, problems of interactions between conventional medicines and herbal medicines.

Stockley's Herbal Medicines Interactions brings together available data on over 150 of the most commonly used herbal medicines dietary supplements and nutraceuticals in highly structured, rigorously researched and fully referenced monographs.

Key features include:

Ease of use
- Structured format allows user to target key information at-a-glance
Ratings system
- Simple and intuitively understood, familiar to users of key drug interactions reference works
Worldwide appeal
- As well as commonly used synonyms, nomenclature includes approved pharmacopoeial names from Europe and the US
Indexing
- Full, comprehensive interactions indexing, with lead-ins from appropriate synonyms

Reviews:
14-Aug-09, IJPC:
'This edition is very easy to read and is a convenient size for easy reference. It is highly recommended as the number of patients taking these products along with prescription and nonprescription medications increases.'
The International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding, Volume 6, Issue 33 14th August 2009

31-Oct-09, Journal of Ethnopharmacology:
'...from a regulatory and research perspective...expanding Stockley's Medicines Interactions into the field of herbal medicines and (food) supplements is an essential step towards a safer use of these products. Because of its breadth in scope and the very careful editing, the book will be an excellent, critical and up-to-date handbook on herb-drug interactions, but will also serve as a source if information about many commonly used herbal medicines and supplements. The book is essential in the fast developing field of 'natural medicines' (or phytotherapy) and I recommend it to anyone involved in the production, prescription and dispensing of such products or in teaching in this field.'
Michael Heinrich, Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 126 (2009) 375 (October)

15-Dec-09, FACT:
'This book is an invaluable source of information. It is well structured such that the readers find instantly what they have been looking for. It is also comprehensive and authoritative. This book should be on the shelves of all clinicians who use herbal medicines. It should also be a must for general practitioners who are often confronted with questions about herb-drug interactions without prescribing herbal remedies themselves.'
E Ernst, Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies, December 2009

Contents:
1. Structure of the Publication: 2. Data Selection: 3. Nomenclature: 4. Incidence of Herbal Medicines Interactions: 5. Who Uses Herbal Medicines?: 6. Herbal Medicine Use in Specific Patient Groups: 7. Differences in Herbal Use in Specific Population Groups: 8. Attitudes to the Use of Herbal Medicines: 9. Interactions Between Herbal Medicines and Conventional Drugs: 10. Variability of Herbal Medicines: 11. Mechanisms of Interactions: 12. Pharmacokinetics: 13. Drug Transporter Proteins: 14. Pharmacodynamics: 15. Drawing Your Own Conclusions: 16. Interaction Monographs: