Pattern of use of complementary/alternative medicine (CAM) in epileptic patients in a tertiary care hospital in India

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 457-463

  Tandon, M ^a   Prabhakar, S ^a   Pandhi, P ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Ayurvedic medicine; Complementary alternative medicine (CAM); Conventional antiepileptic drugs (AEDs); India

Indexed keywords

AYURVEDIC DRUG; HOMEOPATHIC AGENT; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; AGE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; EPILEPSY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTICONVULSANTS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HOMEOPATHY; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY;

EID: 0036750746     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.731     Document Type: Article

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