Possible contraindications and adverse reactions associated with the use of ocular nutritional supplements

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 179-194

  Bartlett, Hannah ^a   Eperjesi, Frank ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adverse reactions; Contraindications; Ginkgo biloba; Nutritional supplementation; Vitamin A; Vitamin E; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AMILORIDE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CORTICOSTEROID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DEXAMETHASONE; FOLIC ACID; MAGNESIUM; MISOPROSTOL; NITROFURANTOIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PEROXY RADICAL; PYRIDOXINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RETINOL; SELENIUM; SUPEROXIDE; TETRACYCLINE; UNINDEXED DRUG; WARFARIN; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN; ZINC; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ACNE; ANOREXIA; ANTICOAGULATION; BONE DEFECT; BONE DENSITY; CANCER; CANCER RISK; CATARACT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG METABOLISM; EYE DISEASE; FEVER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GINKGO BILOBA; HEADACHE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MEDLINE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; META ANALYSIS; NAUSEA; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOL INTOXICATION; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; VASCULAR DISEASE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; FEMALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENOIDS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EYE DISEASES; FATTY ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; FEMALE; GINKGO BILOBA; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; VITAMIN E;

EID: 21244442949     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2005.00294.x     Document Type: Review

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