title: Drug usage by patients attending chiropractic clinics.
abstract: While chiropractors themselves offer a "natural" form of health care, their patients are drawn from a drug-ingesting population. This survey, conducted on patients attending chiropractic teaching clinics, found that more than 92% of respondents used drugs. Drugs assessed included nutritional supplements, social and prescription drugs. This paper considers the clinical manifestations of drugs frequently encountered in this study and comments on their impact for chiropractic practitioner's clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Phillip Institute of Technology, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Jamison
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Shadwell
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Foley
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Leskovec
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002684:Chiropractic; D004363:Drug Utilization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012494:Sampling Studies