Ginseng: Practical management of adverse effects and drug interactions

Canadian Pharmacists Journal

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 44-46

  Charrois, Theresa L ^a   Hrudey, Jessica ^a   Vohra, Sunita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CARE Program   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; FENUGREEK EXTRACT; FUROSEMIDE; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; HALOPERIDOL; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; MINERAL; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; OPHIOPOGON ROOT; PHENELZINE; PLANT EXTRACT; PREDNISOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN; WARFARIN;

AGITATION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFUSION; CONTACT URTICARIA; DEPERSONALIZATION; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DIURETIC ACTIVITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPHAGIA; EJACULATION DISORDER; EUPHORIA; FENUGREEK; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GINSENG; GYNECOMASTIA; HEADACHE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; IMMUNITY; INSOMNIA; LIBIDO; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MANIA; MASTALGIA; MENTAL FUNCTION; NAUSEA; NERVOUSNESS; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITY CONTROL; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN DEFECT; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREMOR; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; UTERUS BLEEDING; VAGINA BLEEDING;

EID: 33744485002     PISSN: 17151635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/171516350613900203     Document Type: Article

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