FAQ: Dietary Supplements, Complementary, or Alternative Medicines
Question: Where can I find information about taking natural products, dietary supplements, medicinal plants, or other complementary or alternative medicines?
Answer:
You can find information about these products and medicines from government information sources listed below.
Note: Before starting any supplement, ask your doctor or pharmacist for information. Natural products and dietary supplements may interact with medicine you take.
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NLM® MedlinePlus® consumer health topic pages
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Complementary & Alternative Medicine
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Dietary Supplements
NLM MedlinePlus consumer health topic pages
- Alternative Medicine
- Acupuncture
- Cancer Alternative Therapy
- Chiropractic
- Dietary Supplements
- Herbal Medicine
- Minerals
- Vitamins
- All Herbs and Supplements database
Complementary & Alternative Medicine
- NLM CAM on PubMed is a complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) subset
- National Cancer Institute (NCI) Complementary and Alternative Medicine page
- NIH National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
- Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database(fee-based)
- Natural Standard Database(fee-based)
Dietary Supplements
- NLM Dietary Supplements Label Database
- NLM PubMed Subset: Dietary Supplements
Type dietsuppl [sb] to get a list of all PubMed articles indexed under this subheading, or add dietsuppl [sb] to your search, or limit your PubMed search by selecting "Limits," then "Dietary Supplements" Subset - NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) homepage and Making Decisions
- Food and Nutrition Information Center (NAL) Dietary Supplements page
- FDA Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition Dietary Supplements Overview
- Nutrition.govinformation on human nutrition from the National Agriculture Library (NAL)
Related Questions
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- Where can I find information about international (non-US) drugs?
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