Use of complementary medicine amongst patients on antiretroviral drugs in an HIV treatment centre in Lagos, Nigeria

Current Drug Safety

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 120-125

  Awodele, Olufunsho ^a   Olayemi, Sunday O ^a   Adeyemo, Titilope A ^a   Sanya, Temitayo A ^a   Dolapo, Duro C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Antiretroviral drugs; Complementary herbal medicine; Drug interaction; HIV; Lagos; Viral load

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; GARLIC EXTRACT; GINGER EXTRACT; LAMIVUDINE PLUS NEVIRAPINE PLUS ZIDOVUDINE; PLANT EXTRACT; SORGHUM BICOLOR EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 84870331913     PISSN: 15748863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157488612802715627     Document Type: Article

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