Safety Ratings- Natural Medicines Database
Safety and Effectiveness Rating- Natural Medicines Database
Information obtained directly from Natural Medicines Database
For each natural medicine in the Database you get an evidence-based safety rating.
These are PRACTICAL ratings that are STANDARDIZED throughout the Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database.
You will see that different uses of a product often get different safety ratings. For example, camphor is rated "LIKELY SAFE" when used topically, but it is rated "UNSAFE" when used orally.
Questions often come up about using products during pregnancy or lactation, or in children. If there are safety considerations that apply specifically to children, a special mention in the safety field will address the concern. Every listing includes a rating for safety in PREGNANCY and LACTATION.
Our team has been very meticulous in analyzing the medical literature to assign the safety ratings. Each rating is assigned according to specific criteria:
LIKELY SAFE:
The product has undergone a rigorous scientific evaluation equivalent to a review by the FDA, Health Canada, or other governmental authority and has been found to be safe when used appropriately. Or reputable references generally agree that the product is safe when used appropriately based on two or more randomized, controlled, clinical trials involving several hundred to several thousand patients and published in refereed journals; or based on large-scale post-marketing surveillance showing a low incidence of significant adverse effects.
POSSIBLY SAFE:
Reputable references agree that the product might be safe when used appropriately, and there are human studies reporting no serious adverse effects.
POSSIBLY UNSAFE:
There is some evidence suggesting that use of the product might be unsafe.
LIKELY UNSAFE:
Reputable references agree that the product can be harmful, based on human studies or reliable case reports of significant adverse effects.
UNSAFE:
The product has undergone a rigorous scientific evaluation or a review by a reliable regulatory agency and found to often cause clinically significant harm to humans. Or large-scale post-marketing surveillance shows a high incidence of significant adverse effects
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE:
There is not enough reliable scientific evidence to provide a Safety Rating.
Compiled using information from the following source:
Natural Medicines Database http://www.naturaldatabase.com