How do I counsel a patient who wants advice in selecting an NHP to treat symptoms of PMS?
The questions you ask when helping a patient to select an NHP should be no different than those you ask for any OTC medication.1. What specific symptoms does the patient want to treat?To help guide the selection of an NHP based on the PMS symptom profile of the patient, Table 4 summarizes results from RCTs that showed efficacy of an NHP for specific symptoms. The details of the preparation and dose that produced the result are provided to aid in selecting a commercial product with similar content.