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Complementary and Alternative Medications for Women’s Health IssuesAuburn University, Harrison School of Pharmacy, Auburn Alabama. Correspondence: Kimberly Braxton Lloyd, PharmD, Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy, 2155D Walker Building, Dormitory Drive, Auburn, AL 36849-5506; e-mail: lloydkb{at}auburn.edu.
Women often seek alternative treatment options such as herbs, dietary supplements, and vitamins and minerals to treat women’s health issues across the lifespan. Women may use complementary and alternative supplements for dysmenorrhea, premenstrual syndrome, infertility, nausea and vomiting during pregnancy, and symptoms of menopause. In general, there is a deficit of well-designed, randomized, controlled trials to evaluate the efficacy and safety of complementary and alternative medicine for these indications, which makes it difficult to provide evidence-based recommendations. This review outlines the evidence for efficacy and safety that is currently available for dietary supplement use by women to manage health conditions specific to the female patient.
Key Words: complementary therapies • dietary supplements • vitamins • women’s health • dysmenorrhea • premenstrual syndrome (PMS) • female infertility • pregnancy • menopause • hot flashes
Nutrition in Clinical Practice, Vol. 24, No. 5,
589-608 (2009) This article has been cited by other articles:
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