Drug-Herb Interactions - Course 10
by Greg Sperber
This seminar will examine drugs to help treat irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, constipation, excessive gas, diarrhea, and nausea and vomiting.
Drug-Herb Interactions - Course 10
Course Overview
While there are serious diseases that affect the gastrointestinal tract, such as irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease, there are also common conditions that most will experience at some point and need some help.These include constipation, excessive gas, diarrhea, and nausea and vomiting (both idiopathic and anticancer drug induced). This seminar will examine drugs to help treat each of these conditions including drug functions, mechanisms of actions, adverse drug reactions, red flags, and herb-drug and acupuncture-drug interactions for each type of drug.
Course Objectives
- Understand how gastrointestinal drugs and herbs interact.
- Identify the most common gastrointestinal drugs with potential for drug-herb interactions.
- Explore how major gastrointestinal drugs act on the body.
- Protect oneself from potential medico-legal issues arising from interactions.
Course Outline
0 hrs - 30 minIntroduction to the course material. This includes a brief outline of the main topics.
30 min - 1 hrsDiscussion of individual gastrointestinal drug classes. This includes functions, mechanisms of action, adverse drug reactions, and red flags.
1 hrs - 1.5 hrsDiscussion of individual gastrointestinal drug classes. This includes Chinese medical affects and specific drug-herb interactions.
1.5 hrs - 2 hrsSummary of the course material. This includes a brief review of the main topics.
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Drug-Herb Interactions - Course 10
Gastrointestinal Drugs and Chinese Medicine
by Greg SperberDrug-Herb Interactions - Course 10
Course Overview
While there are serious diseases that affect the gastrointestinal tract, such as irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease, there are also common conditions that most will experience at some point and need some help.These include constipation, excessive gas, diarrhea, and nausea and vomiting (both idiopathic and anticancer drug induced). This seminar will examine drugs to help treat each of these conditions including drug functions, mechanisms of actions, adverse drug reactions, red flags, and herb-drug and acupuncture-drug interactions for each type of drug.
Course Objectives
- Understand how gastrointestinal drugs and herbs interact.
- Identify the most common gastrointestinal drugs with potential for drug-herb interactions.
- Explore how major gastrointestinal drugs act on the body.
- Protect oneself from potential medico-legal issues arising from interactions.
Course Outline
0 hrs - 30 minIntroduction to the course material. This includes a brief outline of the main topics.
30 min - 1 hrsDiscussion of individual gastrointestinal drug classes. This includes functions, mechanisms of action, adverse drug reactions, and red flags.
1 hrs - 1.5 hrsDiscussion of individual gastrointestinal drug classes. This includes Chinese medical affects and specific drug-herb interactions.
1.5 hrs - 2 hrsSummary of the course material. This includes a brief review of the main topics.
Teacher
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