Treatment of drug dependence with Brazilian herbal medicines
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Drug interactions with herbal medicines.
The use of herbal medicines (HM) is on the rise among the global population. Although the safety profile of many herbal medicines is promising, accumulated data show evidence of significant interactions with medications, which can place individual patients at great risk. A range of electronic databases have been reviewed for articles published in this field: Medline, Allied and Complementary Me...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0102-695X
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-695x2006000500016