Concomitant use of prescription drugs and dietary supplements in ambulatory elderly people: Clinical investigations

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1197-1205

  Nahin, Richard L ^a   Pecha, Monica ^b   Welmerink, Diana B ^b   Sink, Kaycee ^c   Dekosky, Steven T ^d   Fitzpatrick, Annette L ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Dietary supplements; Herb drug interactions; Herbal medicine; Prescription drugs

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHONDROITIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; ECHINACEA EXTRACT; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GLUCOSAMINE; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IRON; MULTIVITAMIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PLACEBO; POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETIC AGENT; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; RETINOL; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; THYROID HORMONE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VASODILATOR AGENT; VITAMIN D;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HERB DRUG INTERACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; VITAMIN INTAKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649819484     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02329.x     Document Type: Article

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