Consumption of herbal remedies and dietary supplements amongst patients hospitalized in medical wards

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 373-380

  Goldstein, Lee H ^a,c,d   Elias, Mazen ^c,d   Ron Avraham, Gilat ^c,d   Biniaurishvili, Ben Zion ^a   Madjar, Magali ^a   Kamargash, Irena ^a   Braunstein, Rony ^e   Berkovitch, Matitiahu ^a   Golik, Ahuva ^a,b  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^e HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dietary supplements; Drug interactions; Herb drug interactions; Herbal medicine; Inpatients; Internal medicine

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BIOTIN; CALCIUM; CHAMOMILE; CRANBERRY EXTRACT; CYCLOSPORIN A; FAMOTIDINE; METFORMIN; NICOTINIC ACID; SIMVASTATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLELITHIASIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INCOME; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SMOKING HABIT; TEA; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VARIANCE; WARD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HERB-DRUG INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY;

EID: 34548031593     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2007.02878.x     Document Type: Article

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