Valerian, Kava Anesthetic Interaction Potential Cited In JAMA Review
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Valerian supplement doses should be tapered off several weeks before surgery to avoid potential withdrawal symptoms in patients who have become physically dependent on the botanical, Michael Ang-Lee, MD, University of Chicago, et al., state in the July 11 Journal of the American Medical Association.
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AHPA
JAMA July 11 article on herbals and perioperative care "speculative" and unscientific, group says. Study's recommendations to discontinue garlic use seven days prior to surgery "controversial," AHPA contends, saying data were limited to one anomalous case-study. Association maintains JAMA review "might be best repeated by researchers with a stronger knowledge of herbs," but says article's advice to improve patient-physician communication on preoperative herbal use is worthy of "embrace by the medical community" (1"The Tan Sheet" July 16, p. 7)