Resources for Information on Herbal Medicinals and Dietary Supplements

ALTMEDDEX , ed ited by L. Abt and Milt Hammerly. Englewood, CO. MICROMEDEX, Inc., 2001. , ed ited by L. Abt and Milt Hammerly AltMedDex is the first in a se ries of MICROMEDEX da ta bases of fer ing in for ma tion on var i ous com ple men tary and al ter na tive med i cine (CAM) ther a pies. AltMedDex Eval u a tions are com plete mono graphs on bo tani cals, vi ta mins, min er als, amino ac ids and other di etary sup ple ments. Also in cluded are Royal Phar ma ceu ti cal So ci ety (RPS) mono graphs from Herbal Med i cines by the Royal Phar ma ceu ti cal Press, and Drug Con sults, which are sum ma ries or mini-re views writ ten by one con trib u tor fo cus ing on a par tic u lar is sue. The MICROMEDEX Web site (www.micromedex.com) lists 251 sub stances for which AltMedDex mono graphs are “Cur rently and Soon to be Avail able.” Of the 251 listed sub stances, 132 ac tual AltMedDex Eval u a tions ex ist in the cur rent edi tion (ex pires 2/2001). Mono graphs from MICROMEDEX’s stan dard drug in for ma tion sys tem, AltMedDex ,