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_a Marema, Juma. Shabani _d CUHAS/BP/3000028/T/10 _920523 |
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245 | _aAssessment of Knowledge of Problems that Could Arise on Concurrent Use of Traditional Medicine With Conventional Drugs. | ||
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_aMwanza, Tanzania: _bCatholic University of Health and Allied Sciences [CUHAS - Bugando] : _bPhone: +255 28 298 3384 _b Fax: +255 28 298 3386 _b Email: vc@bugando.ac.tz _b Website: www.bugando.ac.tz _c ©2015 |
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300 | _a28 Pages | ||
300 | _aIncludes Refferences and Appendices | ||
520 | _aAbstract: Background: Since traditional medicine are obtained from natural products many people consider them as safe but in real practice they can cause number of adverse effects and some are poisons therefore they have to be handled with care because they are either enzyme inhibitor or enzyme inducer. Objective: Of the study is the assessment of knowledge of problems that could arise on concurrent use of traditional medicine with conventional drugs. Methods: Of the study the researcher used questionnaire prepared to interview patients in the study. Results: From the study we found that 54.8% were using traditional and conventional medicine concurrently one of the most disease which patients uses the combination of these drugs concurrent use of traditional and conventional medicine was found to be higher in those patients with primary education level specifically in patients who were suffering from hypertension, ulcers and infertility which were the leading diseases. | ||
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_xPharmacy _926693 |
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_xPharmacology _930211 |
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_a Jande, Mary _919709 |
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