An epidemiological study of concomitant use of Chinese medicine and antipsychotics in schizophrenic patients: implication for herb-drug interaction.

BACKGROUND: Herb-drug interactions are an important issue in drug safety and clinical practice. The aim of this epidemiological study was to characterize associations of clinical outcomes with concomitant herbal and antipsychotic use in patients with schizophrenia. METHODS AND FINDINGS: In this retr...

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Main Authors: Zhang-Jin Zhang, Qing-Rong Tan, Yao Tong, Xue-Yi Wang, Huai-Hai Wang, Lai-Ming Ho, Hei Kiu Wong, Yi-Bin Feng, Di Wang, Roger Ng, Grainne M McAlonan, Chuan-Yue Wang, Vivian Taam Wong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3040227?pdf=render