Patient needs and preferences for herb-drug-disease interaction alerts: a structured interview study
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Patient needs and preferences for herb-drug-disease interaction alerts: a structured interview study
BACKGROUND While complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is commonly used in the United States and elsewhere, and hazardous interactions with prescription drugs can occur, patients do not regularly communicate with physicians about their CAM use. The objective of this study was to discover patient information needs and preferences for herb-drug-disease interaction alerts. METHODS We recr...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1472-6882
DOI: 10.1186/s12906-017-1630-6