Potential interactions between prescription drugs and complementary and alternative medicines among patients in the emergency department

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 26, Issue 5 I, 2006, Pages 634-640

  Taylor, David Mc D ^a   Walsham, Nicola ^a   Taylor, Simone E ^b   Wong, LuFee ^c  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; CAM; Complementary and alternative medicine; Emergency department; Interactions

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CELERY EXTRACT; CHAMOMILE; CLOPIDOGREL; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DANDELION EXTRACT; DIAZEPAM; DILTIAZEM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DRUG; ECHINACEA EXTRACT; ENOXAPARIN; FISH OIL; FUROSEMIDE; GARLIC EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; GLUCOCORTICOID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PARSLEY EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SIMVASTATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLEEDING; BREAKTHROUGH BLEEDING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG INTERACTION; DRUG POTENTIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AGED; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33646357878     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1592/phco.26.5.634     Document Type: Article

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