Treatments used in complementary and alternative medicine

K. Chan; T. X. Lin

doi:10.1016/S0378-6080(09)03148-1

Treatments used in complementary and alternative medicine

K. Chan, T. X. Lin

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Abstract

In a cross-sectional study of the use of complementary and alternative medicine in 682 participants with HIV infection among the 47% ever-users, vitamins/minerals (81%), meditation/yoga (36%), massage (31%), marijuana (30%), dietary supplements (24%), and herbal medicines (19%) we the most commonly used. Users were most likely to be poorly educated, more likely to be unemployed, more likely to have been taking antiretroviral drugs for longer, and more likely to have objective, action-requiring adverse effects.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Side Effects of Drugs Annual 31: A Worldwide Yearly Survey of New Data and Trends in Adverse Drug Reactions and Interactions
Editors	J. K. Aronson
Place of Publication	Netherlands
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	745-756
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Print)	9780444532947
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-6080(09)03148-1
Publication status	Published - 2009

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alternative medicine
herbs
therapeutic use

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