Use of alternative medicine by patients with stage 5 chronic kidney disease

Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 312-325

  Burrowes, Jerrilynn D ^a   Van Houten, Gloria ^b  

^a C W Post Campus of Long Island University   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Botanicals; Chronic kidney disease; Complementary and alternative medicine; Dialysis; Dietary supplements; Herbal products

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM EXTRACT; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANGELICA ARCHANGELICA EXTRACT; ANGELICA SINENSIS EXTRACT; ASCORBIC ACID; BORAGO OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA EXTRACT; CINCHONA CALISAYA EXTRACT; ELEUTHEROCOCCUS SENTICOSUS EXTRACT; FISH OIL; GARLIC EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; HARPAGOPHYTUM PROCUMBENS EXTRACT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; LINSEED OIL; MELATONIN; PRIMROSE OIL; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RED CLOVER EXTRACT; RETINOL; RHAMNUS FRANGULA EXTRACT; SALVIA BOWLEYANA EXTRACT; UBIQUINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VINPOCETINE; VITAMIN K GROUP; VITIS VINIFERA EXTRACT; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABNORMALLY HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGITATION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANOREXIA; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ANXIETY; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BELCHING; BLEEDING; BONE INJURY; BREAST TENDERNESS; BREATHING DISORDER; BURNING MOUTH SYNDROME; CATARACT; CHONDROPATHY; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONVULSION; DELIRIUM; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIURESIS; DIZZINESS; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; EDEMA; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FATIGUE; FLATULENCE; FOOD DRUG INTERACTION; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HALITOSIS; HEADACHE; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PALPITATION; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEARTBURN; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERVITAMINOSIS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; INFECTION; INSOMNIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; IRRITABILITY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; LETHARGY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TOXICITY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; META ANALYSIS; MOUTH ULCER; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOPATHY; NAUSEA; NEPHROTOXICITY; NERVOUSNESS; NEUROTOXICITY; NOCTURIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PARESTHESIA; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PRURITUS; PYRIDOXINE DEFICIENCY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESTLESSNESS; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN ALLERGY; SODIUM RETENTION; TACHYCARDIA; TOXICITY; TREMOR; VOMITING; WATER RETENTION; WEIGHT GAIN; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; XEROSTOMIA;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HERB-DRUG INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; PHYTOTHERAPY; WARFARIN;

EID: 21544437603     PISSN: 15485595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ackd.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

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