Ask your health care provider about the safety of taking other vitamins, herbal remedies, and supplements during pregnancy.

Don't take any medicines, vitamins, or natural remedies unless you first talk to your doctor.

Often they're taking over-the-counter remedies that they don't even consider medication.

Nonetheless, doctors may recommend that their patients take herbal remedies.

She says her father takes traditional Chinese remedies and eats rice porridge because the family cannot afford treatment.

Millions of Americans take herbal remedies for ailments ranging from high cholesterol to depression.

Some say they are taking herbal remedies to increase their energy.

Doctors emphasize that much study needs to be done to establish whether there is a real risk for patients taking herbal remedies.

New drugs are tested by having similar groups of patients take established remedies and placebos.

Observational research, for example, has shown marketers that consumers prefer to take several cold remedies, not just one.