Potentially unsafe herb-drug interactions between a commercial product of noni juice and phenytoin-a case report

Acta Neurologica Taiwanica

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 43-46

  Kang, Yu Chan ^a   Chen, Ming Hong ^b   Lai, Shung Lon ^a,c  

^a Division of Clinical Pharmacy Service   (United States)

^b Departmentof Pharmacy   (United States)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Herb drug interaction; Morinda citrifolia; Noni juice; Phenytoin

Indexed keywords

CLOBAZAM; CYTOCHROME P450 2C9; LAMOTRIGINE; LORAZEPAM; PHENYTOIN; CYTOCHROME P450 1A2 INDUCER; CYTOCHROME P450 2C9 INDUCER;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; DIZZINESS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG METABOLISM; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION IMMUNOASSAY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRUIT JUICE; HERB DRUG INTERACTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA; NONI FRUIT JUICE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PLEURA EFFUSION; WALKING DIFFICULTY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; EPILEPSY; FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JUICE; MORINDA;

CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A2 INDUCERS; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP2C9 INDUCERS; EPILEPSY; FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JUICES; HERB-DRUG INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORINDA; PHENYTOIN;

EID: 84938053847     PISSN: 1028768X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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