Ocular side effects associated with dietary supplements and herbal medicines

Drugs of Today

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 537-545

  Fraunfelder, Frederick W ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASEY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABRUS PRECATORIUS EXTRACT; ACACIA CATECHU EXTRACT; ALOE FEROX EXTRACT; ANAMIRTA COCCULUS EXTRACT; ARISAEMA ATRORUBENS EXTRACT; ASARUM EUROPAEUM EXTRACT; CALENDULA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; CANTHAXANTHIN; CENTAUREA CYANUS EXTRACT; CHAMOMILE; CHRYSANTHEMUM EXTRACT; CONVALLARIA MAJALIS EXTRACT; CORYDALIS CAVA EXTRACT; CURCUMA DOMESTICA EXTRACT; CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBA EXTRACT; DATURA STRAMONIUM EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA EXTRACT; EUPHRASIA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA EXTRACT; HYOSCYAMUS EXTRACT; ILEX AQUIFOLIUM EXTRACT; MATRICARIA CHAMOMILLA EXTRACT; NICOTINIC ACID; RETINOL; SCHINUS MOLLE EXTRACT; STELLARIA MEDIA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS EXTRACT;

ABRUS; ACACIA CATECHU; ACCOMMODATION; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALOE FEROX; ANAMIRTA COCCULUS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARISAEMA ATRORUBENS; ASARUM EUROPAEUM; CENTAUREA CYANUS; CHRYSANTHEMUM; COLOR VISION DEFECT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONVALLARIA; CORNEA INJURY; CORYDALIS CAVA; CURCUMA DOMESTICA; DATURA; DATURA STRAMONIUM; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIPLOPIA; DRUG EFFECT; DRY EYE; EUPHORBIA; EUPHRASIA OFFICINALIS; EYE BURN; EYE DISEASE; EYE IRRITATION; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; EYELID SWELLING; GINKGO BILOBA; GLYCYRRHIZA; GUAR; HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA; HUMAN; HYOSCYAMUS; HYPHEMA; ILEX AQUIFOLIUM; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; KERATITIS; MARIGOLD; MATRICARIA; MIOSIS; MYDRIASIS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOTOXICITY; PLANT; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETINOPATHY; RETROBULBAR HEMORRHAGE; REVIEW; RHUS TOXICODENDRON; SCHINUS MOLLE; SIDE EFFECT; STELLARIA MEDIA; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EYE DISEASES; GERMANY; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, DRUG; PHYTOTHERAPY; UNITED STATES; VITAMINS;

EID: 27144444989     PISSN: 16993993     EISSN: 16994019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/dot.2005.41.8.896835     Document Type: Review

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