Dietary supplements and herbal medicine toxicities-when to anticipate them and how to manage them

International Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 69-76

  Phua, D H ^a   Zosel, A ^b   Heard, K ^b,c  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN POISON AND DRUG CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary supplements; Drug contamination; Herb drug interaction; Herbals; Poisoning; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ARISTOLOCHIA FANGCHI EXTRACT; BICARBONATE; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; COLCHICINE; CYTOCHROME P450 3A; HERBACEOUS AGENT; KAVA; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; RETINOL; SILDENAFIL; STEPHANIA TETRANDRA EXTRACT; SULFONYLUREA; TROPANE ALKALOID; VALERIAN; VINCA ALKALOID; VITAMIN D; WARFARIN;

ANGELICA SINENSIS; AYURVEDA; CHINESE MEDICINE; DATURA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG FORMULARY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG LABELING; DRUG PACKAGING; DRUG QUALITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DYSPLASIA; EPHEDRA; GARLIC; GINGER; GINKGO BILOBA; HARVEST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HERB; HERB DRUG INTERACTION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER TOXICITY; NEPHROTOXICITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PODOPHYLLUM; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SEDATION; SEIZURE; STEPHANIA TETRANDRA; STOMACH LAVAGE; TEA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; URETHELIAL DYSPLASIA; VALERIANA OFFICINALIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 77953478977     PISSN: 18651372     EISSN: 18651380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12245-009-0105-z     Document Type: Review

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