Combining Supplements and Prescription Drugs: What Your Patients Need to KnowThere has been a striking increase in Americans' awareness and use of herbal therapies over the past decade. Hundreds of herbal products and homeopathic remedies are available to the consumer, but most of these have not ...
Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and sexual dysfunction (SDys) are common problems that affect quality of life (QOL) in elderly men. In addition to prescribed drugs, many over-the-counter medications including supplements are used to treat QOL diseases. Phosphodiesterase inhibitors are reported ...
antagonism and increased drug toxicity, due to the restrictions, including drugs’ pharmacokinetic difference, asynchronous tissue biodistribution, poor barrier penetration, and intracellular delivery.5For instance, the combined use of small molecular drugs and active proteins demonstrates effective efficacy to...
Exclusion criteria were pregnancy; lactation; recent changes in prescription medications, over-the-counter medications, medical foods, and nutritional supplements; recent or regular use of nar- cotics, investigational drugs, corticosteroids, anticoagulants, neu- roactive medications, or medication or ...
Mixing herbal and prescription meds: patients often consider supplements and herbs harmless, but combining them with other drugs can have devastating consequences.(FEATURE:)Bock, Lorraine W
Dangers of Polypharmacy, the Ever-Rising Pile of Pills ; Doctors See Big Risks in Combining Prescription and Dietary SupplementsThe combining of prescription and over-the-counter drugs hasdoctors more concerned than ever...Span, Paula