Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Supplement Use in People with Diabetes: A Clinician's Guide: A Clinician's Guide

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People with diabetes are 1.6 times more likely than people without diabetes to use a complementary or alternative medicine supplement. This clinician's guide will give you facts and tips to help your patients successfully consider using a CAM supplement. Includes: in-depth descriptions of botanical and nonbotanical CAM supplements to treat diabetes; tables organizing supplements and therapies for quick reference; and review of clinical studies and chemical constituents for each supplement.

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"A much-needed book...for healthy care professionals working n the field of diabetes." --Diana W. Guthrie, PHD, AHN-BC, BC-ADM "This is a book that every diabetes health care professional should own. If you think your patients do not use these therapies you have not asked them. An excellent source of information." --David S. Schade, MD

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Laura Shane-McWhorter, PharmD, CDE, BCPS, BC-ADM, is a Professor (Clinical) in the College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacotherapy, of the University of Utah (Salt Lake City) and a Registered Pharmacist in the state of Utah. She has written chapters on complementary and alternative medicine for the American Association of Diabetes Educators' Core Curriculum and published numerous articles in American Diabetes Association journals. She also teaches classes on herbal medicines at the University of Utah.