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Article: Complementary medicines: some may work!!(Second Messenger)
- Article from:
- Psychopharmacology Educational Updates (PsychEd Up)
- Article date:
- October 1, 2006
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Issue While many dismiss complementary medicines as ineffective, several have clinically relevant properties.
Actions Learn about a sample of over-the-counter (OTC) complementary medicines that may be considered for a variety of psychiatric disorders.
Benefits As patients may ask about replacing prescription medications with those they see as more "natural," it is useful to understand how, and if, some of these over-the-counter remedies work.
Although many may dismiss alternative medicines as ineffective, here we explore several that may aid in common psychiatric disorders. Indeed, there are many prescription medications that are plant ...