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  2. List of herbs with known adverse effects - Wikipedia

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    This is a partial list of herbs and herbal treatments with known or suspected adverse effects, either alone or in interaction with other herbs or drugs. Non-inclusion of an herb in this list does not imply that it is free of adverse effects.

  3. Drug interaction - Wikipedia

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    When two drugs affect each other, it is a drugdrug interaction (DDI). The risk of a DDI increases with the number of drugs used. [1] A large share of elderly people regularly use five or more medications or supplements, with a significant risk of side-effects from drugdrug interactions. [2] Drug interactions can be of three kinds ...

  4. List of polysubstance combinations - Wikipedia

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    A drug combination chart designed for harm reduction by TripSit [1] Polysubstance use or multisubstance use is the use of combinations of psychoactive substances with both legal and illegal substances. This page lists polysubstance combinations that are entheogenic, recreational, or off-label indicated use of pharmaceuticals.

  5. List of plants used in herbalism - Wikipedia

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    Secondary metabolites and pigments may have therapeutic actions in humans, and can be refined to produce drugs; examples are quinine from the cinchona, morphine and codeine from the poppy, and digoxin from the foxglove. [1] In Europe, apothecaries stocked herbal ingredients as traditional medicines.

  6. Grapefruit–drug interactions - Wikipedia

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    [19] [31] For drugs recently sold on the market, drugs have information pages (monographs) that provide information on any potential interaction between a medication and grapefruit juice. [19] Because there is a growing number of medications that are known to interact with citrus, [ 1 ] patients should consult a pharmacist or physician before ...

  7. Herbal tea - Wikipedia

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    Best known examples of adverse herbdrug interactions are grapefruit or St John's wort, contraindicated for several medications including Paxlovid and oral contraceptives, but other herbs also affect the CYP enzyme family, showing herbdrug interactions. [37] [38] [39]

  8. Nearly 30% of US drugstores closed in one decade, study shows

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    Researchers using data from the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs found that the number of U.S. pharmacies had actually increased from 2010 to 2017 because of store openings, but the ...

  9. Herbal medicine - Wikipedia

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    Although many consumers believe that herbal medicines are safe because they are natural, herbal medicines and synthetic drugs may interact, causing toxicity to the consumer. Herbal remedies can also be dangerously contaminated, and herbal medicines without established efficacy, may unknowingly be used to replace prescription medicines. [38]