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A Critical Look at Herb-Drug Interactions

with Kevin Spelman

Class Description: Are you tired of hearing that every herb you use in your practice is dangerous because of the potential for herb-drug interactions (HDIs)? Are you flabbergasted by studies using a boatload of one herbal extract in In Vitro models and concluding that it causes HDIs? Join Kevin to learn a rational approach to evaluating HDIs. By looking at specific herbs and case studies and comparing them to real-world human data, you’ll learn how to assess what is real and not about potential herb-drug interaction data. 

Time: Afternoon (1:00pm-4:00pm), October 4, 2024 

Bio: Dr. Kevin Spelman, MCPP, RH(AHG), is a clinician and researcher specializing in botanical medicine. His experience includes three decades of clinical work (Ayurveda & Western phytotherapy), professorships and a decade of laboratory & clinical research. He was a founder of the first accredited Master’s degree in Clinical Herbal Medicine and formerly a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) researching the molecular biology of the brain (Trifolium pratense) and ovarian cancer (Ceanothus spp.). He also identified novel cannabimimetic ligands from Zanthoxylum spp. while at NIH. Kevin runs Health, Education & Research, a consulting company for research, new product development, novel formulations and phytochemical applications.