The FDA released a warning about an over the counter product called Que She marketed as an “all natural” herbal supplement to help with weight loss. The FDA states that this supposedly all natural supplement actually contains four drugs, one of which have been previously marketed by prescription but withdrawn from the market because ...
Category Archives: Complementary Medicine
Magic Power Coffee for Sexual Enhancement –FDA Warning
I trust that anyone interested in DrPullen.com is bright enough not to believe that a product called Magic Power Coffee could improve their sexual performance, but a name like that might tempt you to try it. Hey, we all could use a little magic in the morning couldn’t we? It looks like this product has ...
drpullen is on HCPLive.com
I’ve been invited to be a regular contributor to HCPLive.com. This is a loose collection of on-line medical writers, and does a good job of presenting lots of viewpoints. This is exciting news for drpullen.com
Medical Marijuana – The Wrong Patients Want it.
I frequently have patients ask me about using medical marijuana. Unfortunately they are not the patients I think would benefit most from its use. I found a very good article in Psychiatric News that discussed the issue in detail and with good balance. The evidence is scant, but suggests some usefulness of medical marijuana ...
Red Yeast Rice lowers LDL as well as Pravastatin
Pravastatin is the lowest potency statin that is widely used in the US to lower LDL cholesterol. It is often tolerated even in patients where other statins cause muscle pain. Red Yeast Rice extract is a well tolerated supplement that has been touted to lower LDL cholesterol. A study published in the Jan 15th ...
What is it about Dr. Oz I don’t trust?
Somehow Dr. Oz gets on my nerves. He is personable, dynamic, and charismatic, but I just don’t like or trust him. Jealous? I don’t think so. From the start some of his ideas seemed a bit off target. Where does a cardiothoracic surgeon get the experience and fund of knowledge to be an authority on ...
Celebrity Advice – not necessarily helpful
This article originally published in KevinMD.com addresses the issues related to celebrity medical advice. Even celebrity physicians sometimes seem more interested in personal notoriety than giving helpful advice. If you have a couple of minutes, click through to the original Slate article. By: Kevin, M.D. | January 14, 2010 Celebrities ...
Finally: A big formal study on an herbal supplement.
I saw an interesting snippet on the evening news last night about Ginkgo Biloba being shown not to improve health. Besides it not working, one thing was very interesting to me. Currently almost all of the herbal and alternative medication remedies have far too little research that would come close to meeting FDA requirements for ...