Chamomile: Practical management of adverse effects and drug interactions

Canadian Pharmacists Journal

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 32-33

  Shamseer, Larissa ^a   Charrois, Theresa L ^a   Vohra, Sunita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CARE Program   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHAMOMILE; CORNUS EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; NARCOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; VALERIAN; WARFARIN;

ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANORECTAL DISEASE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DERMATITIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SAFETY; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; HERB; HERB DRUG INTERACTION; HUMAN; INDIGESTION; INTESTINAL SPASM; LOTION; NONHUMAN; PHARMACIST; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN INFLAMMATION; TEA; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33846918393     PISSN: 17151635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/171516350613900606     Document Type: Short Survey

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