Different standards for reporting ADRs to herbal remedies and conventional OTC medicines: Face-to-face interview with 515 users of herbal remedies

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 496-500

  Barnes, Joanne ^a   Mills, Simon Y ^b   Abbot, Neil C ^a   Willoughby, Martin ^a   Ernst, Edzard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adverse drug reaction reporting systems; Alternative medicine; Drug monitoring; Drugs; Herbal medicines; Nonprescription

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; HERB; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICINAL PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DRUG MONITORING; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0031961009     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2125.1998.00715.x     Document Type: Article

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