Use of herbal supplements and vitamins in plastic surgery: A practical review

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Broughton II, George ^a   Crosby, Melissa A ^a   Coleman, Jayne ^a   Rohrich, Rod J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; AMOXICILLIN; ANGELICA SINENSIS EXTRACT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ARNICA MONTANA EXTRACT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BROMELAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN; ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFLORA EXTRACT; ECHINACEA EXTRACT; ECHINACEA PALLIDA EXTRACT; ECHINACEA PURPUREA EXTRACT; EPHEDRA EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; GINGER EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; HALOTHANE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; KETOCONAZOLE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; PLACEBO; STEROID; TANACETUM PARTHENIUM EXTRACT; TETRACYCLINE; UNINDEXED DRUG; WARFARIN;

ALLERGY; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANGELICA SINENSIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANOREXIA; ARNICA MONTANA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ASTHMA; BLEEDING; BLOATING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY ODOR; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN VASCULITIS; BURPING; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOTOXICITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEMENTIA; DIARRHEA; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPEPSIA; ECCHYMOSIS; ECHINACEA; EPHEDRA; EPISTAXIS; EYE DISEASE; FATIGUE; FLATULENCE; GARLIC; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENITAL HERPES; GINGER; GINKGO BILOBA; GINSENG; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HALITOSIS; HEADACHE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PALPITATION; HERB; HERB DRUG INTERACTION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INDIGESTION; INDUCED HYPOTENSION; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; INSOMNIA; LIVER TOXICITY; MOTION SICKNESS; MOUTH LESION; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NERVOUSNESS; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PANIC; PARALYSIS; PARASITOSIS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RADIATION INDUCED TOXICITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN INJURY; SORE THROAT; SWELLING; TACHYCARDIA; TANACETUM PARTHENIUM; TENSION; THROMBOSIS; TOXICITY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; VOMITING; WEAKNESS;

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HERB-DRUG INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGERY, PLASTIC; VITAMINS;

EID: 33847243356     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000252661.72071.8d     Document Type: Review

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