Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database
Tier: Commercial (subscription)
What it is
Natural Medicines (formerly Natural Standard) is a commercial reference for herbs, supplements, and alternative therapies, widely licensed to hospitals and pharmacy chains.
Why we trust it
Evidence is graded on a structured A-F scale, interactions cross-reference DrugBank and PubMed, and monographs are updated quarterly by in-house pharmacists and physicians.
What we use it for
Last-priority source for interactions — used as a completeness fallback. Never overrides a regulatory or authoritative source.
How Suvo applies it
Natural Medicines helps Suvo catch supplement topics that may be missing from public government pages, especially botanicals and less common compounds. It is useful as a cross-check when a rule needs a broader monograph view.
Limits
Because it is a commercial database, Suvo does not let Natural Medicines override stronger public regulatory or government references. It improves coverage, but source hierarchy still controls the final user-facing rule.