Concurrent herb-prescription medication use and health care provider disclosure among university students

McCrea, Cindy E; Pritchard, Mary E.

doi:10.1016/j.ctim.2010.12.005

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“…The use of CAM is likely not the problem, instead it is the low level of knowledge towards what they are using, especially the use of phyto-therapeutics that is not communicated to their doctors; it is a dangerous combination. This finding is in agreement with a previous study, suggesting that the prevention of negative herbal-medicinal interactions requires training healthcare personnel to obtain more detailed patient information regarding CAM usage, especially oral and other physical therapies [26].…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 83%

Attitudes among Elderly towards Complementary and Alternative Medicine use as a Suicide Prevention Program in Korea: A Preliminary Study

Rojas¹,

Richardson²,

Ahn³

2017

J Tradi Med Clin Natur

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Introduction: Suicide among Korean elderly persons continues to be a major issue, with most suicides being in the over 65 years old demographic population. It has the highest suicide rate of all Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries and ranking 31 st out of 38 member nations in terms of overall life satisfaction. It is well known that depression is the psychiatric diagnosis most strongly associated with suicide; therefore, the aim of this research was to explore how to address depression using Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) among senior citizens.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 83%

Attitudes among Elderly towards Complementary and Alternative Medicine use as a Suicide Prevention Program in Korea: A Preliminary Study

Rojas¹,

Richardson²,

Ahn³

2017

J Tradi Med Clin Natur

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“…Nevertheless, these findings remain consistent with prior research. About 13–52 % of adults in the general population use dietary supplements and prescription medications concurrently (Farina et al 2014 ; Gardiner et al 2006 ; McCrea and Pritchard 2011 ; Qato et al 2008 ), increasing when including vitamins and minerals. The finding that dietary supplement use was highest among older, white individuals was also consistent with prior research (Bailey et al 2011 ; Gahche et al 2011 ; Schaffer et al 2003 ), although some studies also report higher use in women than men (Gahche et al 2011 ; Gardiner et al 2006 ; Schaffer et al 2003 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Physician knowledge of patient use of dietary supplements is important because of the potential for interactions with prescription drugs or other supplements (Izzo and Ernst 2009 ), potential adverse reactions including psychiatric (Ernst 2003 ; Tsai et al 2012 ), potential dangers to special populations such as pregnant women, and the inherent toxicity of some ingredients (Kroll 2004 ). Only about one third of patients, with and without mental illness, disclose the use of dietary supplements to their physician (Blendon et al 2013 ; Elkins et al 2005 , Gardiner et al 2006 ; Keaton et al 2009 ; Kennedy 2005 ; Matthews et al 2003 ; McCrea and Pritchard 2011 ; Mehta et al 2008 ). Furthermore, the use of dietary supplements may not be documented in a patient’s electronic medical record (Staroselsky et al 2008 ).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Common use of dietary supplements for bipolar disorder: a naturalistic, self-reported study

Bauer

Glenn²,

Conell

et al. 2015

Int J Bipolar Disord

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BackgroundDietary supplements are taken by about half of Americans. Knowledge of dietary supplement use is important because they may interact with prescription drugs or other supplements, cause adverse reactions including psychiatric symptoms, or contain inherently toxic ingredients or contaminants. This study explores the use of dietary supplements by patients with bipolar disorder in the US.MethodsData were obtained from an ongoing, naturalistic study of patients with bipolar disorder who received pharmacological treatment as usual. The patients self-reported their daily mood, sleep, and medications taken, including all drugs prescribed for bipolar disorder or that the patient felt impacted their mood. These included other prescribed drugs, over-the-counter drugs and dietary supplements. Drugs that received premarketing approval from the FDA were not included as dietary supplements. Patient demographics and daily medication use were characterized.ResultsData were available from 348 patients in the US who returned a mean 249.5 days of data. In addition to prescribed psychiatric drugs, 101 of the 348 patients (29 %) used a dietary supplement for at least 7 days and 69 (20 %) used a supplement long term (for at least 50 % of days). Of the 101 supplement users, 72 (71.3 %) took one supplement daily. The 101 patients tried over 40 different supplements, and the long-term users took 19 different supplements. The most commonly taken supplements for both groups were fish oil, B vitamins, melatonin, and multivitamins. Patients using supplements were more likely to be white (p < 0.001), older (p = 0.009), and ill for more years (p = 0.025).ConclusionsMany patients with bipolar disorder use dietary supplements in addition to prescribed drugs. Physicians should obtain detailed information about all dietary supplements taken by patients with bipolar disorder.

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“…Of these college student surveys, the most commonly used herbal supplements are Echinacea, ginseng, St. John’s wort, chamomile, aloe, and ginger, which is comparable to US adult use studies. The most common indications for students’ use are to promote health, prevent illness (particularly physical), treat depression and anxiety [ 29 ], and lose weight.…”

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confidence: 99%

Ethnic differences in medicinal plant use among University students: a cross-sectional survey of self-reported medicinal plant use at two Midwest Universities

Craft

McClure

Corbett

et al. 2015

BMC Complement Altern Med

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BackgroundNumerous surveys of medicinal plant use among college students abound, but none compare use between students enrolled in two different Universities with significantly different ethnic compositions. The objective of this study is to compare medicinal plant use between two different ethnic college populations and explore differences between student medicinal plant users and non-users for comparison with previous research.MethodsStudents (n = 721) at a large research university (n = 498) and a Pan-Tribal University for Native Americans (n = 233) completed surveys in October 2011 to assess past year medicinal plant use. The Mann-Whitney U test, Chi Square test, and General Linear Model were used to compare demographics and self-reported use of medicinal plants among students at both Universities and between past year users and non-users.ResultsOver 23 % of university students surveyed reported past year medicinal plant use. Users were more likely to use commercial tobacco products and to report poorer health than non-users. While Native American student medicinal plant users reported significantly higher rates of commercial tobacco use, lower self-assessment of health, and less use of prescription medicine than non-Native users, no significant differences in prevalence of medicinal plant use were found between University student populations.ConclusionsResults are consistent with preexisting data showing higher rates of medicinal plant use among college students compared to the larger US population of adults and demonstrate previously documented health disparities in Native American populations compared to non-Native Americans.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12906-015-0725-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Concurrent herb-prescription medication use and health care provider disclosure among university students

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Cited by 8 publications

References 24 publications

Attitudes among Elderly towards Complementary and Alternative Medicine use as a Suicide Prevention Program in Korea: A Preliminary Study

Attitudes among Elderly towards Complementary and Alternative Medicine use as a Suicide Prevention Program in Korea: A Preliminary Study

Common use of dietary supplements for bipolar disorder: a naturalistic, self-reported study

Ethnic differences in medicinal plant use among University students: a cross-sectional survey of self-reported medicinal plant use at two Midwest Universities

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