PRESCRIBING INFORMATION

Actions	Analgesic, spasmolytic, mild sedative
Potential Indications	Based on appropriate evaluation of the patient, practitioners should consider prescribing Jamaica dogwood in formulations in the context of: • Insomnia, anxiety (5,7) • Painful conditions, neuralgia, sciatica, headache, toothache (5) • Dysmenorrhea, muscular spasm, rheumatism (5)

Contraindications Pregnancy, bradycardia, cardiac insufficiency² Warnings and Precautions The recommended dose must not be exceeded. Although Jamaica dogwood has been used as a fish and insect poison (the component rotenone impairs oxygen consumption in these species), the herb has been found to have negligible toxicity in rodents.^3,4