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Scientific review confirms safety of black cohosh for menopausal women.
2003 AUG 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A report in the journal Menopause provides reassurance of the safety of black cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa) as a treatment for women experiencing menopausal symptoms.
The finding is based on the most comprehensive review of black cohosh safety data to date and provides welcome news for women seeking alternatives to hormone replacement therapy (HRT).
"This paper should reassure health professionals that they can safely recommend black cohosh to their menopausal patients who cannot or choose not to take HRT," said lead author Tieraona Low Dog, MD, clinical assistant professor at the University of New Mexico Department of Family and Community Medicine and advisor to the NIH Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. "Well-studied, non-estrogenic symptom management alternatives help address individual women's symptoms, health profile, and personal preferences."
The comprehensive evaluation published in Menopause included pre-clinical and clinical research in estrogen-sensitive populations, including women at risk for breast cancer and breast cancer survivors, as well as human cell lines most relevant to breast cancer. The evaluation is a review of evidence of the safety of black cohosh in humans, in contrast to a study presented in July 2003 at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), which studied the effects of black cohosh in mice with breast tumors.
The paper is the first to review all published literature pertaining to pre-clinical and clinical safety of various forms of Cimicifuga, as well as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and World Health Organization adverse event reporting systems, monographs, compendia, internal unpublished data from a major manufacturer, foreign literature, and ...
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