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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 "More research on drug toxicity and adverse effects will be needed to evaluate the safety of this remedy," said Lao, who suggested it should be used with caution by people who are on blood thinners.
As for the next step, Kim said he's interested in understanding how long the effects of danshen last after people stop taking it.
"People ask about the difference between Oriental and Western medicine: In Western medicine, [a treatment] works fast but doesn't last long. In Oriental medicine, it works slowly, but it lasts," he said.
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Last updated 1/30/2007
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SOURCES: David D. Kim, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark; Lixing Lao, Ph.D., associate professor, family and community medicine, University of Maryland, and co-president, Society for Acupuncture Research, Baltimore; American Journal of Physiology -- Heart and Circulatory Physiology
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