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20 Cards in this Set
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Echinaces -- Clinical Use
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common cold
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Echinaces -- Toxicity
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GI distress, dizziness, HA
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Ephendra -- Clinical Use
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increase energy, weight loss, nasal decongestion, hypotension, urinary incontenance
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Ephendra -- Toxicity
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CNS and CV stimulation: arrhythmias, stroke, and seizures at high doses
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Fever Few -- Clinical Use
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Migraines
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Fever Few -- Toxicity
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GI distress, mouth ulcers, antiplatelet action
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Ginko -- Clinical Use
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Intermittent claudication
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Ginko -- Toxicity
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GI distress, anxiety, insomnia, HA, antiplatelet actions
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Kava -- Clinical Use
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Chronic Anxiety
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Kava -- Toxicity
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GI distress, sedation, ataxia, hepatotoxicity, photo tox, dermatotoixity
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Milk Thistle -- Clinical Use
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Viral Hepatitis
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Milk Thistle -- Toxicity
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Loose Stools
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Saw Palmetto -- Clinical Use
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BPH
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Saw Palmetto -- Toxicity
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GI Distress, decrease libido, HTN
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St. John's Wart -- Clinical Use
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Depression
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St. John's Wart -- Toxicity
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GI distress and phototoxicity (severe burn with sun exposure), Serotonin syndrome with SSRIs - inhibit P-450 systems
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Dehyrdroepiandrosterone -- Clinical Use
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symptomatic improvement in women with SLE and AIDS
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Dehydroepiandrosterone -- Toxicity
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Androgenization (pre-menopausal woman), estrogenic effects (postmenopusal), feminization (young men)
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Melatonin -- Clinical Use
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jet lag, insomnia
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Melatonin -- Toxicity
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sedation, suppress midcycle, LH, hypoprolactinemia
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