An overview on safety issues of interactions between traditional herbal medicines and pharmaceutical medicines;Una apreciación global sobre la seguridad de las interacciones entre las medicinas herbarias tradicionales y los fármacos

Boletin Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Plantas Medicinales y Aromaticas

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 312-331

  Chan, Kelvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adverse reactions; Beneficial effects; Chinese medicinal materials; Pharmaceutical medicines; Principles of interactions; Safety issues; Traditional herbal medicines

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BLEOMYCIN; CHINESE DRUG; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYPROTERONE; CYTARABINE; DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; FLUTAMIDE; FOSFESTROL; GLUCOCORTICOID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MEGESTROL; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; MITOMYCIN; PREDNISONE; PROPRANOLOL; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA EXTRACT; SHUI YANG MEI; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TAMOXIFEN; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ANOREXIA; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; AWARENESS; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SAFETY; FATIGUE; HAIR LOSS; HEALING IMPAIRMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART INFARCTION; HERB DRUG INTERACTION; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PARESTHESIA; PLANT ROOT; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SELF MEDICATION; SHIGELLOSIS; STOMACH CANCER; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYPHOID FEVER; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 77955720124     PISSN: None     EISSN: 07177917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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