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JANUARY 9, 2009 7:37AM

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supplements at Kaiser Permanente
Physicians can prescribe herbs and supplements for the nine million members of the Kaiser Permanente HMO. Kaiser has adopted a program of offering herbs and supplements though its pharmacies. Charles Elder MD says, "Finding quality supplements can be overwhelming for patients. One of the valuable things about this program is that we have taken the burden off members shoulders, by doing the research and legwork ourselves." He goes on to say that making supplements available at pharmacies "can improve clinical outcomes, patient convenience, and quality control".

Products that have been reviewed and currently in stock at Kaiser pharmacies are listed below:

St John’s wort for Depression
Glucosamine (chondroitin) for Osteoarthritis
Gingko Biloba for Cognitive impairment
Omega 3/fish oils for Lipids
Melatonin for Jet lag
Flaxseed for Lipids
Saw palmetto for Prostatic hypertrophy
Echinacea for Upper respiratory infection
Probiotics for diarrhea
Garlic for Atherosclerosis
Coenzyme Q10 for Parkinson disease
Feverfew for Migraine
Ginger for Nausea
Milk thistle for Liver dysfunction

References:

http://xnet.kp.org/permanentejournal/sum08/herbs.pdf
Integrating Herbs and Supplements in Managed Care: A Pharmacy Perspective

http://xnet.kp.org/permanentejournal/sum08/herbs.html

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"Alt med" goes "mainstream" in a big way. monkey fingered.

Behind Blue Eyes

January 09, 2009 07:55 AM

Yep. It's just good sense. Good post.

odetteroulette

January 09, 2009 09:14 AM

That's great. The doctor I see doesn't take insurance directly, but she sells herbal and other supplements through her office and is a big believer in them. She gets the best quality she can find and is cheaper than the internet prices because she buys in bulk. She has helped me more than the mainstream, big pharma prescribing doctors. I wish my HMO would cover these things, but I end up writing it off as a medical expense on my taxes. Some herbs have to be properly purified and are more expensive than cheap, low quality versions.

I take Cat's Claw and Bromelain (along with an antibiotic) currently to help with Lyme coupled with sarcoidosis.

Good post.

Scruffus

January 09, 2009 09:29 AM

I can testify about the effectiveness of Glucosamine Chondroitin!! Also, I think it's smart to take probiotic acidophilus every day.

onecorgilover

January 09, 2009 09:36 AM

When I was in clinical veterinary practice, we stocked a few "alternative medicines." I noticed CNN.com had an article about useful pediatric herbs this week:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/08/ep.alternative.medicine.kids/

buckeyedoc

January 09, 2009 09:43 AM

big, big fan of the probiotics too corgilover!!!

1_Irritated_Mother

January 09, 2009 09:52 AM

I really hope this is a sign of things to come. I too, have Lyme and am in remission right now, many thanks in part to several "alternative" plant-derived medications. So waddaya say Oxford? Jumping on board with Kaiser?

katina choovanski

January 09, 2009 10:03 AM

I like the fact these supplements are being taken under a doctors care. Many people do not realize that "herbs" or "supplements" can be contain powerful bioactive compounds. St Johns wort, for example, is known to interfere with some anti-retroviral drugs, making a possible deadly combination for some HIV+ people. Feverfew can, in some people (Me, from sad experince) react poorly with certain anti-biotics and cause some nasty intestinal side-effect. It's great to see that doctors will be there to advise!

NerdMafia

January 09, 2009 12:11 PM

NerdMafia

January 09, 2009 12:11 PM

I was diagnosed with breast cancer in August 2005. After all the really nasty treatments (mastectomy, dose-dense chemo), I was put on Femara, an aromatase inhibitor, which reduces the likelihood that the cancer will return or spread. (I know you know this Jeffrey, but others may not). For many of us, me included, these AI drugs have debilitating side effects. Initially, it caused me horrific joint pain, especially in my knees.

I mentioned this to my cancer surgeon (it was my oncologist who put me on the AI drug) and he suggested I try fish oil capsules. About a week after starting a high-quality, purified fish oil the pain diminished significantly. Enough to allow me to function again.

I think too many doctors have a closed mind about complementary medicine. This is an ideological position, not a reasoned one. If natural remedies are so useless, why was taxol--initially derived from yew trees--given to me to fight the cancer?

Thanks for bringing this up.

Susan Mitchell

January 10, 2009 10:17 AM

Thank God I found the nutritional supplements offered by new nutritional Health Care (NHC). My name is Deborah and before I discovered NHC I felt bad all the time.

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Marsh

A Canadian company, Naturally Nova Scotia, makes supplements from foods instead of synthetics. The have vitamin C from fruit, herbal tinctures, green drinks, vitamin D3, and others.

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