Use of complementary and alternative medicine in patients with liver disease

2002177 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Doris B. Strader · Veterans Health Administration

Bruce R. Bacon · Saint Louis University

Karen L. Lindsay · University of Southern California

Douglas R. La Brecque · University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

Timothy R. Morgan · Long Beach Medical Center

Elizabeth C. Wright · New England Research Institutes

Jeff Allen

Abstract

CAM use is as common among patients visiting liver disease clinics in the United States as in the general population (39% vs 42%). Many patients are using herbs to treat their liver disease but are declining to discuss this use with their physician.

Topics & Keywords

Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection Herbal Medicine Research Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: The American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volume 97, Issue 9, pp. 2391-2397

DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2002.05993.x

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