Serious psychiatric and neurological adverse effects of herbal medicines - A systematic review

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 83-91

  Ernst, Edzard ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Alternative medicine; Herbal medicine; Neurology; Risk; Safety

Indexed keywords

ACONITUM EXTRACT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS EXTRACT; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DIGOXIN; EPHEDRA EXTRACT; EUCALYPTUS EXTRACT; FLOS RHODODENDRI EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; KAVA EXTRACT; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; PASSIFLORA INCARNATA EXTRACT; PENNYROYALE; PHENELZINE; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; REHMANNIA GLUTINASE EXTRACT; STRAMONIUM; THUNDER GOD WINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALERIAN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACIDOSIS; AGITATION; ALLERGY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY DISORDER; APPETITE DISORDER; ATAXIA; BACKACHE; BLEEDING; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; COMA; CONFUSION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CYANOSIS; DELIRIUM; DIARRHEA; DIPLOPIA; DISORIENTATION; DROWSINESS; DRUG SAFETY; EUPHORIA; EYE DISEASE; FATALITY; FATIGUE; GAIT DISORDER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HALLUCINATION; HANGOVER; HEADACHE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMIANOPIA; HEMIPARESIS; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; KIDNEY INJURY; LEUKOPENIA; LIBIDO DISORDER; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER INJURY; MANIA; MASTALGIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYDRIASIS; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN; PARANOIA; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SLURRED SPEECH; SOMNOLENCE; TACHYCARDIA; VAGINA BLEEDING; VERTIGO; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

HUMANS; MEDICINE, HERBAL; MENTAL DISORDERS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

EID: 0038722269     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2003.00158.x     Document Type: Review

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