The British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology has issued guidance on risks of taking alternative therapies and warfarin

by | Jul 20, 2020 | Blog

Pharmacy and healthcare staff should be aware and ask patients if they take any other medication when prescribing, selling or administering alternative medicines such as  Chinese wolfberry, chamomile tea, cannabis, cranberry, chitosan, green tea, Ginkgo biloba, ginger, spinach, St. John’s Wort, sushi and smoking tobacco. The concomitant use of the aforementioned therapies, teas, sushi and smoking has shown to increase the risk of bleeding taken with warfarin.

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Having just completed the very informative API and Clinical Trail course (thank you Shankar) I was reminded of the traps we can fall into whereby we try to keep ourselves in our little boxes. At the MHRA symposium, I have heard several times comments such as:- “no, I’m not doing the GMP day as it’s not relevant to me” or “GDP? Oh, that doesn’t apply to us as we are manufacturers”. I am sure these comments were made well out of the earshot of MHRA personnel and on the face of it see… Read more
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