Herbal therapies.
In summary, herbs are commonly used, and it is the physician's responsibility to have better documentation of this practice by encouraging patients to report use of herbs, and to look for any unusual side effects that can occur in terms of herb-drug or herb-herb interactions.
Tariq
Syed H
SH
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 1402 S Grand Boulevard, m-238, Saint Louis, MO 63104, USA. tariqsh@slu.edu
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001294:Attitude to Health; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D041743:Herb-Drug Interactions; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D008517:Phytotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome