Patients at a senior citizen center have asked the nurse to do a presentation on herbal preparations. Which statement would be included in the best plan by the nurse?
1. "Herbal preparations are safe as long as you carefully read the label."
2. "As long as the herbal preparation has been tested in the clinical setting, it is safe."
3. "Herbal preparations actually are drugs; you must be careful with them."
4. "Herbal preparations can be dangerous if you are allergic to them."
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Rationale 1: Reading the label does not mean the herbal preparation is safe; patients do not commonly recognize the interactions between herbal preparations and prescription medicines.
Rationale 2: There isn't any clinical evidence to support that herbal preparations have been tested in the clinical setting or that they are safe.
Rationale 3: Herbal preparations are nonprescription drugs that have side effects and can interact with many other drugs.
Rationale 4: Herbal preparations can be dangerous for reasons other than an allergy to the preparation.
Global Rationale: Herbal preparations are nonprescription drugs that have side effects and can interact with many other drugs. There isn't any clinical evidence to support that herbal preparations have been tested in the clinical setting or that they are safe. Reading the label does not mean the herbal preparation is safe; patients do not commonly recognize the interactions between herbal preparations and prescription medicines. Herbal preparations can be dangerous for reasons other than an allergy to the preparation.
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