NCCAM-funded RCTs of herbal medicines: An independent, critical assessment

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Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 89-102

  Ernst, E ^a   Hung, S K ^a   Clement, Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Bias; Evidence; Methods; NCCAM

Indexed keywords

CHAMOMILE; CHOLESTIN; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA EXTRACT; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN PLUS MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFLORA EXTRACT; ECHINACEA EXTRACT; ECHINACEA PURPUREA EXTRACT; GINGER EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; KAVA; METFORMIN; RED CLOVER EXTRACT; SABAL EXTRACT; SILIBININ; SILIBININ PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE COMPLEX; SILYMARIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; AGITATION; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANORGASMIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHINESE HERB; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMON COLD; DATA EXTRACTION; DEMENTIA; DIARRHEA; DIET THERAPY; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECHINACEA; ECHINACEA PURPUREA; FATIGUE; FUNDING; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GINGER; GINKGO BILOBA; HEADACHE; HEARTBURN; HEPATITIS C; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; INSOMNIA; LOOSE FECES; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MATRICARIA; MEDLINE; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; POLLAKISURIA; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RASH; RED CLOVER; REVIEW; RHINOVIRUS INFECTION; SABAL; SEX THERAPY; SEXUAL AROUSAL DISORDER; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STOMACH PAIN; SUNBURN; SWELLING; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 79960813025     PISSN: 09350020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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