ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2010
Dietary supplement polypharmacy: an unrecognized public health problem?
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- Pharmacogenomic-Based Decision Support to Predict Adherence to Medications.Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics · 2020Article
- Patterns and characteristics of polypharmacy among elderly residents in Danish nursing homes.Future science OA · 2020Article
- Prevalence of drug-herb and drug-supplement interactions in older adults: a cross-sectional survey.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2018Article
- Prevalence of Polyherbacy in Ambulatory Visits to Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinics in Taiwan.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2015Article
- The Overlap of Dietary Supplement and Pharmaceutical Use in the MIDUS National Study.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2014Article
- Polypharmacy meets polyherbacy: pharmaceutical, over-the-counter, and natural health product use among Canadian adults.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2013Article
- Polypharmacy reviews among elderly populations project: assessing needs in patient-provider communication.Hawai'i journal of medicine & public health : a journal of Asia Pacific Medicine & Public Health · 2013Article
- Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Vitamin Supplementation among Patients visiting Out-Patient Physicians in a Teaching Hospital in Karachi.Oman medical journal · 2012Article
- A survey on polypharmacy and use of inappropriate medications.Toxicology international · 2012Article
- Evaluating the value of a web-based natural medicine clinical decision tool at an academic medical center.BMC health services research · 2011Article
- Promoting functional foods as acceptable alternatives to doping: potential for information-based social marketing approach.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2010Article
- Aqueous extracts from dietary supplements influence the production of inflammatory cytokines in immortalized and primary T lymphocytes.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2009Article
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Abstract
Excessive and inappropriate use of medications, or 'polypharmacy', has been recognized as a public health problem. In addition, there is growing use of dietary supplements in the United States; however, little is known about the patterns of supplement use. Recent reports in the literature of cases of excessive or inappropriate use of herbal dietary supplements leading to the term 'polyherbacy'. The clinical vignettes described in this article highlight the need for further research on the nature and extent of multiple and inappropriate dietary supplement use or 'dietary supplement polypharmacy'. Clinical interviewing and population surveys both address this issue in complementary ways, and provide a further understanding of dietary supplement use patterns.
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