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Concurrent Use of Conventional Drugs with Chinese Herbal Products in Taiwan: A Population-based Study
The increased use of Chinese herbal products (CHPs) worldwide has raised the concern of herb–drug interactions. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and utilization patterns of concurrent use of conventional drugs and CHPs in Taiwan. The usage and frequency of services in the co-pre...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3925000/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24716186 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2225-4110.119734 |
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author | Chen, Ming-Chen Lai, Jung-Nien Chen, Pau-Chung Wang, Jung-Der |
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description | The increased use of Chinese herbal products (CHPs) worldwide has raised the concern of herb–drug interactions. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and utilization patterns of concurrent use of conventional drugs and CHPs in Taiwan. The usage and frequency of services in the co-prescription of a CHP and a conventional drug were evaluated. Subjects were recruited from a simple random sample of 1,000,000 subjects from over 22 million beneficiaries of the National Health Insurance in 2007. The logistic regression method was employed to estimate the odds ratios (ORs) for the co-prescription of a CHP and a conventional drug (CH + D) and a conventional drug alone (D-alone). The prevalence of the CH + D was 14.1%. Females, regular salary earners, and elderly (65 years and above) were more likely to consume a CHP and a conventional drug concurrently. Painkillers, especially acetaminophen, and anti-cough medicines were the top two conventional drugs that were most frequently co-prescribed with a CHP. Anti-cough medication is the most common conventional drug co-prescribed with CHP, after painkillers. We recommend that safety issues be investigated in future research and integrating both healthcare technologies may be beneficial for the overall health and quality of life of patients. |
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spelling | pubmed-39250002014-04-08 Concurrent Use of Conventional Drugs with Chinese Herbal Products in Taiwan: A Population-based Study Chen, Ming-Chen Lai, Jung-Nien Chen, Pau-Chung Wang, Jung-Der J Tradit Complement Med Original Research Paper The increased use of Chinese herbal products (CHPs) worldwide has raised the concern of herb–drug interactions. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and utilization patterns of concurrent use of conventional drugs and CHPs in Taiwan. The usage and frequency of services in the co-prescription of a CHP and a conventional drug were evaluated. Subjects were recruited from a simple random sample of 1,000,000 subjects from over 22 million beneficiaries of the National Health Insurance in 2007. The logistic regression method was employed to estimate the odds ratios (ORs) for the co-prescription of a CHP and a conventional drug (CH + D) and a conventional drug alone (D-alone). The prevalence of the CH + D was 14.1%. Females, regular salary earners, and elderly (65 years and above) were more likely to consume a CHP and a conventional drug concurrently. Painkillers, especially acetaminophen, and anti-cough medicines were the top two conventional drugs that were most frequently co-prescribed with a CHP. Anti-cough medication is the most common conventional drug co-prescribed with CHP, after painkillers. We recommend that safety issues be investigated in future research and integrating both healthcare technologies may be beneficial for the overall health and quality of life of patients. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3925000/ /pubmed/24716186 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2225-4110.119734 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Research Paper Chen, Ming-Chen Lai, Jung-Nien Chen, Pau-Chung Wang, Jung-Der Concurrent Use of Conventional Drugs with Chinese Herbal Products in Taiwan: A Population-based Study |
title | Concurrent Use of Conventional Drugs with Chinese Herbal Products in Taiwan: A Population-based Study |
title_full | Concurrent Use of Conventional Drugs with Chinese Herbal Products in Taiwan: A Population-based Study |
title_fullStr | Concurrent Use of Conventional Drugs with Chinese Herbal Products in Taiwan: A Population-based Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Concurrent Use of Conventional Drugs with Chinese Herbal Products in Taiwan: A Population-based Study |
title_short | Concurrent Use of Conventional Drugs with Chinese Herbal Products in Taiwan: A Population-based Study |
title_sort | concurrent use of conventional drugs with chinese herbal products in taiwan: a population-based study |
topic | Original Research Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3925000/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24716186 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2225-4110.119734 |
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