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01-06-2012 | Poster presentation
P02.148. Assessing interactions between herbal medicines and drugs: updated review
Authors:
L Girard, C Necyk, S Jassar, A Filipelli, P Gardiner, H Boon, S Vohra
Published in:
BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
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Special Issue 1/2012
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Excerpt
Natural health products (NHPs) are commonly used, both alone and in conjunction with prescription drugs. This concurrent use has been shown to be a concern due to the potential for harmful interactions. A tool to increase awareness of potential interactions between commonly used NHPs and pharmaceuticals was released in 2009. Given the rapid pace of research, it is likely that new interactions have been published since then. The purpose of this project is to review the recent primary and secondary literature for information to update the 2009 tool. …