Co-ingestion of herbal medicines and warfarin

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 54, Issue 503, 2004, Pages 439-441

  Smith, Lindsay F P ^a   Ernst, Edzard ^b,c   Ewings, Paul ^d   Myers, Patrick ^d   Smith, Calli ^a  

^a East Somerset Research Consortium   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d MUSGROVE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Complementary medicine; Complementary therapies; Drug interactions; Herb drug interactions; Self medication; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

GARLIC EXTRACT; GINGER EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HOMEOPATHIC AGENT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; TANACETUM PARTHENIUM EXTRACT; WARFARIN;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INDICATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INGESTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; POSTAL MAIL; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSIBILITY; SELF MEDICATION; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTICOAGULANTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; WARFARIN;

EID: 2942665850     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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