Knowledges about herbal products among subjects on warfarin therapy and patient-physician relationship: A pilot study

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1014-1017

  Cuzzolin, Laura ^a   Francini Pesenti, Francesco ^b   Zaffani, Silvana ^a   Brocadello, Filippo ^b   Pengo, Vittorio ^b   Bassi, Antonella ^a   Benoni, Giuseppina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Herbal products; Patient physician relationship; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ARNICA MONTANA EXTRACT; BOSWELLIA EXTRACT; CALENDULA EXTRACT; CHAMOMILE; CRANBERRY EXTRACT; CRATAEGUS EXTRACT; DANDELION EXTRACT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; ECHINACEA EXTRACT; EMODIN; ENOTERA EXTRACT; FENNEL EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYPERICUM EXTRACT; MALLOW EXTRACT; PASSIFLORA INCARNATA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PROPOLIS; SENNA EXTRACT; THYME EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALERIAN; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BOSWELLIA; CARDIOTOXICITY; DANDELION; DIARRHEA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG USE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FENNEL; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALLOW; MEDICINAL PLANT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYTOTHERAPY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN TOXICITY; SLEEP DISORDER; THYME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHAMOMILE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOENICULUM; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF MEDICATION; SENNA PLANT; TARAXACUM; VALERIAN; WARFARIN;

EID: 34548795997     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1446     Document Type: Article

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