date:Jan 21, 2013
ted to prescription medications. Dietary supplements (which also include vitamins, minerals and herbs) can likewise interfere with how some medications work.
Often, people think that herbal supplements are benign and don't have interactions, and that's absolutely false, says Christine Gerbstadt, a registered dietitian and spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Most supplements have the exact same chemicals and ingredients as pharmaceutical drugs but simply in a naturally occur