Checklists and questions for getting ready for appointments, including listing therapies and supplements, keeping clinicians informed, and checking practitioner credentials and product identification. This page lists all 8 Integrative Health Evidence Guide guides on the topic, each with its opening lines so you can pick the one that matches your question.
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Preparing for an Integrative Health Visit: A Complete Therapy List
Before an integrative health visit, write down every therapy you use. That means your conventional care (prescriptions, over-the-counter medicines, procedures) plus every non-mainstream approach: special diets, supplements, herbs, mind-body practices, and hands-on therapies like massage or acupuncture.
An Integrative Care Plan: How to Keep Every Clinician Informed
Picture someone who sees a primary care clinician, a pharmacist, an acupuncturist, and a massage therapist, and who just started an herbal supplement a friend suggested. (This is an illustrative example, not a real patient.) The way to keep all four informed is one written integrative care plan.
Supplement Disclosure Before a Procedure: A Complete Product and Timing List
Supplement disclosure means telling every member of your care team about every vitamin, herb, mineral, protein powder, and other over-the-counter product you take — not just your prescription medicines. This includes anything you take occasionally, not only daily products.
Supplement and Procedure Disclosure: A Complete List for a Health Visit
Before any health visit, procedure, or surgery, bring a complete, written list of everything you take: prescription medicines, over-the-counter drugs, vitamins, herbal products, and any relaxation or mind-body practice you use regularly.
When a Supplement and Prescription May Interact: Questions to Bring
| Updated September 23, 2026 Urgent first: If someone has trouble breathing, chest pain, fainting, or a sudden severe reaction after taking any medicine or supplement, call your local emergency services right away. This page is for planning a calm conversation, not for emergencies. You have a prescription.
Identifying an Herb: Scientific Name, Plant Part, and Product Form
Identifying an herb means knowing three things about a product: the plant's scientific name, the plant part used, and the product form. Together, these details show what a product actually contains. A common name alone often does not.
Complementary Practitioner Credentials: What to Verify in Your State
Say you want to try acupuncture, and two local websites look equally professional. Both list letters after a name. Neither tells you what those letters mean in your state. Here is the short answer.
Massage Therapy Intake: Medicines, Recent Procedures, Skin Changes, and Comfort Boundaries
Before a massage, a therapist needs an accurate picture of four things: what medicines you take, any recent surgeries or procedures, changes in your skin, and where your body has limits.