Herbal use should be a "routine part" of doctor/patient communication -- JAMA editorial.
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
HERBAL USE QUERIES SHOULD BE "ROUTINE PART" OF DOCTOR/PATIENT COMMUNICATION, particularly to help determine causes of liver toxicity, Raymond Koff, MD, MetroWest Medical Center, Framingham, Mass., recommended in an editorial on herbal hepatotoxicity published in the Feb. 8 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Knowing a patient's history of herbal products use "may be critical when hepatic injury of unknown origin is under consideration," he noted.