A review of potential harmful interactions between anticoagulant/antiplatelet agents and Chinese herbal medicines.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The risks attributed to drug-herb interactions, even when known, are often ignored or underestimated, especially for those involving anti-clotting drugs and Chinese medicines. The aim of this study was to structurally search and evaluate the existing evidence-based data associated with potential drug interactions between anticoagulant/antiplatelet drugs and Chinese herbal medicines (CHMs) and evaluate the documented mechanisms, consequences, and/or severity of interactions.

Methodology and findings

Information related to anticoagulant/antiplatelet drug-CHM interactions was retrieved from eight interaction-based textbooks, four web resources and available primary biomedical literature. The primary literature searches were conducted in English and/or Chinese from Ja

SUBMITTER: Tsai HH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3650066 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature