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Dietary and Herbal Supplements
Understanding Dietary Supplements
- Botanical Dietary Supplements: Background Information (Office of Dietary Supplements)
- Dietary Supplements: Background Information (Office of Dietary Supplements)
- What Dietary Supplements Are You Taking? (Office of Dietary Supplements)
- Type 2 Diabetes Treatment with Dietary Supplements
- Herbal Supplements: Consider Safety, Too -- En Español
- What's in the Bottle? An Introduction to Dietary Supplements -- En Español
- Tips for Older Dietary Supplement Users (U.S. Food and Drug and Administration)
Specific Supplements
- Black Cohosh
- Black Cohosh: Herbs-at-a-Glance
- Questions and Answers About Black Cohosh and the Symptoms of Menopause (Office of Dietary Supplements)
- Cartilage (Bovine and Shark) (National Cancer Institute)
- Coenzyme Q10 (National Cancer Institue)
- Colloidal Silver Products
- Cranberry: Herbs-at-a-Glance
- Echinacea
- Echinacea: Herbs-at-a-Glance
- Echinacea Not Effective in Treating Children's Colds: New Study Results
- Echinacea for the Prevention and Treatment of Colds in Adults: Research Results
- Ephedra
- Ephedra: Consumer Advisory
- Ephedra and Ephedrine Alkaloids for Weight Loss and Athletic Performance (Office of Dietary Supplements)
- Essiac
- Folate (Office of Dietary Supplements)
- Garlic (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
- Gerson Therapy (National Cancer Institue)
- Ginkgo: Herbs-at-a-Glance
- Ginseng (Asian): Herbs-at-a-Glance
- Glucosamine/Chondroitin
- Iron (Office of Dietary Supplements)
- Laetrile/Amygdalin (National Cancer Institute)
- Magnesium (Office of Dietary Supplements)
- Melatonin (National Institute on Aging)
- Milk Thistle
- Effects on Liver Disease and Cirrhosis and Clinical Adverse Effects (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
- Milk Thistle: Herbs-at-a-Glance
- Mistletoe: Herbs-at-a-Glance
- Selenium (Office of Dietary Supplements)
- Soy
- Effects of Soy on Health Outcomes (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
- Health Claims for Soy Protein, Questions About Other Components
- St. John's Wort
- Tea (National Cancer Institute)
- Thunder God Vine (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
- Valerian (Office of Dietary Supplements)
- Selected Vegetables/Sun's Soup (National Cancer Institute)
- Vitamin A (Office of Dietary Supplements)
- Vitamin B6 (Office of Dietary Supplements)
- Vitamin B12 (Office of Dietary Supplements)
- Vitamin D (Office of Dietary Supplements)
- Vitamin E (Office of Dietary Supplements)
- Vitamin K (PDF*) (Office of Dietary Supplements)
- Vitamin Supplements (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
- Zinc (Office of Dietary Supplements)
Research Resources
- Annual Bibliography of Significant Advances in Dietary Supplement Research (Office of Dietary Supplements)
- International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS) Database (Office of Dietary Supplements)
- CAM on PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
NCCAM Clinical Trials
- Trials on Dietary Supplements (ClinicalTrials.gov)
- All NCCAM Clinical Trials
Other Links
- Herbs and Supplements, A-Z List (MedlinePlus, National Library of Medicine)
- NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- Federal Trade Commission
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