October 2004

Herb-drug interaction lecture to be videocast

The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) will feature a lecture on adverse herb-drug interactions as part of its “distinguished lecture” series. The event is free and open to the public and will be videocast live at http://videocast.nih.gov.

The presentation, "Reverse Herbology: Predicting and Preventing Adverse Herb-Drug Interactions," will be given on Oct. 26, by Steven Kliewer, PhD, of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas at noon in the Masur Auditorium, NIH Clinical Center (Building 10) 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, Md.

During the presentation Kliewer will give scientific findings regarding activation of the PXR receptor by St. John’s wort and other herbs. He will show how this information may be applied to predict and prevent harmful interactions between herbs and prescription drugs.

Source: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, www.nccam.nih.gov.

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