Botanical medicines - The need for new regulations

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 347, Issue 25, 2002, Pages 2073-2076

  Marcus, Donald M ^a   Grollman, Arthur P ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ALPRAZOLAM; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ARISTOLOCHIC ACID; ARSENIC; CAFFEINE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; COLCHICINE; COMFREY EXTRACT; CYCLOSPORIN; CYTOCHROME P450; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DIGOXIN; EPHEDRINE; FENFLURAMINE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; HEAVY METAL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; INDOMETACIN; KAVA; LEAD; MERCURY; METHAMPHETAMINE; METHYLTESTOSTERONE; PHENACETIN; PHENYLBUTAZONE; SILDENAFIL; UNINDEXED DRUG; WARFARIN;

CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SAFETY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTHYROIDISM; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEPHROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SEIZURE; SHORT SURVEY; STROKE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG LABELING; HUMANS; MEDICINE, HERBAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0037137578     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsb022858     Document Type: Short Survey

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