Interactions of herbs with conventional drugs (Section 2)
Year: 2003
Type: article
Abstract: Interactions between herbal and conventional drugs have reported in more than 100 cases. One study has considered warfarin as the most common drug, and St. John’s wort as the most common herb implicated in interactions. Other herbs included Ginseng, Garlic and Kava. For example, patients can experience bleeding, bruising and headache if they use ginkgo and antiplatelet or anticoagulants concurrently. Also pharmacokinetic interactions with St. John’s wort leading to a loss of or reduction in the therapeutic activity of the medicines such as: anticonvulsans, digoxin and theophylline. In this article We reviewed some Case report interactions between herbs and drugs. Also interactions between 35 herbs with conventional drugs were presented in tables.
Authors: F Khalighi Sigaroodi, S Jarvandi, M Taghizadeh
Institution: Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research
Language: English
Subfield: Complementary and alternative medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2782457715