Milk thistle interaction with raloxifene (Evista)
Raloxifene is a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) that is used to reduce the risk of invasive breast cancer in...
Milk thistle fails in study of Hep C treatment
Silymarin (Silybium marianum), an extract of milk thistle, is often used to treat chronic liver disease. Researchers with the Silymarin...
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CAM treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder
Standard therapies are of limited value for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Researchers at Swinburne University of Technology, in Australia, reviewed...
No benefit from milk thistle to treat hepatitis C
The botanical extract silymarin (milk thistle,) has anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, and immunomodulatory properties and is used by patients with chronic liver...
CYP2D6-mediated herb-drug interactions
Cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6) is a liver enzyme responsible for the metabolism of approximately 30% of all drugs. Researchers at...
Is there a role for milk thistle treatment of liver toxicity in leukemia?
Milk thistle is often used to treat chemotherapy-associated liver toxicity. Researchers from the US studied it in childhood acute lymphoblastic...
Reviewing “energy shot” products
The American Botanical Council (ABC) has published a 40-page review of an emerging new product and market category called “energy...
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Herbals to treat psoriasis: A review of the evidence
Dr. Sharon Jacob from the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center in Florida and colleagues reviewed the scientific support for...
ConsumerLab tests milk thistle supplements
Milk thistle is sometimes taken as a natural treatment for liver problems. Unfortunately, most milk thistle supplements contain less than...
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Herbals for arthritis and other musculoskeletal conditions
Ms. Meenakshi Khatta is a nurse practitioner and associate professor at the University of Maryland in Baltimore. Nurse Khatta has...
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Most commonly used natural products
Here’s a follow-up to an earlier post on the use of CAM in the US in 2007 as surveyed by...
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Interactions between supplements and drugs used to treat AIDS
Researchers from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore have reviewed natural health products (NHPs) and antiretroviral drugs (ARVs). Here are the...
Milk thistle, iron, and hepatitis C
Milk thistle is used as an alternative therapy for liver disease. Researchers in Seattle, Washington examined the effect of silybin...
Response to milk thistle among people with hepatitis C
Researchers in the Hepatitis C Antiviral Long-Term Treatment Against Cirrhosis (HALT-C) Trial looked at the use and response to silymarin...
Allopathic and CAM update on diabetes treatment in young people
The review article is posted on the American Family Physician website. In addition to diagnosis and pharmacological treatment, it covers...
Little support for milk thistle in liver disease
A friend asked me to look into CAM treatments for fatty liver disease. I did, but found little to support...
Clarifying milk thistle nomenclature
It’s easy to fall into the trap of using names incorrectly, assuming that differences are unimportant. Milk thistle extracts are...
Poor quality control with milk thistle supplements
At the end of 2006 I listed milk thistle as a supplement worth additional research. This was because of a...
Milk thistle improves A1c in people with diabetes
MayoClinic.com gives milk thistle (Silybum marianum seed extract [silymarin]) a “C” grade for its role in the treatment of diabetes....
Herbals I’d like to see more research on in 2007
Milk thistle and butterbur Here’s why.