Herbals and botanicals in geriatric psychiatry

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 498-506

  Desai, Abhilash K ^b   Grossberg, George T ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; CHAMOMILE; CYCLOSPORIN; DIGOXIN; EPHEDRA EXTRACT; GARCINIA KOLA EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; INDINAVIR; KAVA EXTRACT; LEVODOPA; LOPERAMIDE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PIROXICAM; SEDATIVE AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; THEOPHYLLINE; TRAZODONE; VALERIAN;

AGING; AGITATION; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANAMNESIS; ATAXIA; BLEEDING; BOTANY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CAPILLARY RESISTANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFUSION; CONSTIPATION; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; DRY SKIN; DYSKINESIA; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEADACHE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEARTBURN; HEPATITIS; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPHEMA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSOMNIA; LIVER TOXICITY; MANIA; META ANALYSIS; NAUSEA; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NERVOUSNESS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDER; POLYNEUROPATHY; REVIEW; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; STOMACH DISEASE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TREMOR; VAGINA BLEEDING; VERTIGO; VIRILIZATION; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0041971285     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019442-200309000-00004     Document Type: Article

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