A warning to fans of Iranian medicine; The dangers of simultaneous use of medicinal plants with chemical drugs.
Mehshid Chaichi, Vice President of Health Development of the Iranian Center for Complementary Medicine, in a conversation with Mizan: The interaction of herbal products with chemical drugs is one of the most important and least important issues in the arbitrary consumption of these products.
Contrary to popular opinion, the herbal origin of a product does not mean that it has no effect on the performance of other drugs.
Some herbal compounds can alter the absorption, metabolism, excretion or effect of drugs and as a result reduce or increase the performance of the drug or increase the possibility of side effects.
This issue is especially important in patients with chronic diseases; Because these people usually take several medications in a row.
Patients with diabetes, blood pressure, cardiovascular diseases, coagulation disorders, kidney and liver diseases, as well as people receiving drugs for transplants or drugs with a limited therapeutic range, should be more sensitive to the simultaneous consumption of herbal products.
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