Potential interactions between complementary/alternative products and conventional medicines in a medicare population

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1617-1624

  Elmer, Gary W ^a   Lafferty, William E ^a,b   Tyree, Patrick T ^b   Lind, Bonnie K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^c BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Garlic; Ginkgo; Ginseng; St. John's wort

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM PICOLINATE; COD LIVER OIL; DIGOXIN; ECHINACEA EXTRACT; FELODIPINE; FISH OIL; GARLIC EXTRACT; GEMFIBROZIL; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; GLUCOSAMINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; LYSINE; MELATONIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; POLLEN EXTRACT; SABAL EXTRACT; TAMOXIFEN; TICLOPIDINE; UBIDECARENONE; UNINDEXED DRUG; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HERB-DRUG INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 34748894782     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1K221     Document Type: Article

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