CRIM 2653 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Traditional Medicine, Chiropractic, Homeopathy
3 May 2020
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Reading: byrne a, boon h, austin z, jurgens t, raman-wilms l. natural health products (nhps) and canadian pharmacy students: core competencies american journal of pharmacy. Pharmacy students should be able to: practice pharmaceutical care, discuss nhp with pts, consider nhp interactions with drug therapies (adverse effects, document nhp usage. Integrate knowledge of nhps with pt"s care plans. Inquire about nhp usage from pts: provide nhp information, find and access credible nhp references. Identify evidence-based indications and expected outcomes of using nhps. Identify clinically relevant potential or actual interactions: drug-nhp interactions, disease-nhp interactions, adverse effects and precautions of nhps, educate. Integrate knowledge of nhps when investigating suspected adverse events: report suspected nhp-related adverse events to health canada. What is cam: complementary and alternative medicine = cam, anything that isn"t conventional medicine, 3 common categories: Natural health products (nhp: herbal med/botanicals, vitamins & minerals, probiotics, essential fatty acids. Whole system: acupuncture, massage therapy, meditation (mindfulness, spinal manipulation (chiropractor, tcm (traditional.
