Drug safety reports on complementary and alternative medicines (ayurvedic and homeopathic medicines) by a spontaneous reporting program in a tertiary care hospital

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 793-797

  Jose, Jimmy ^a   Rao, Padma G M ^b   Kamath, M S ^c   Jimmy, Beena ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b RAK MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c KASTURBA HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AYURVEDIC DRUG; HOMEOPATHIC AGENT; IMMUNOL; KANTAKARI GHRIT EXTRACT; MRITUNJAYA RASAM EXTRACT; PANKAJAKASTURI EXTRACT; RENALI EXTRACT; SENNA EXTRACT; SHWASAKUTHARA RASAM EXTRACT; STAPHISAGRIA; SULPHUR 200; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AYURVEDA; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTOPENIA; HOMEOPATHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN APPENDAGE DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; STOMATITIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TONGUE; URTICARIA;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DRUG TOXICITY; HOMEOPATHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIA; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 67749114741     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2008.0128     Document Type: Article

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