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Quality, efficacy and safety of complementary medicines: fashions, facts and the future. Part I. Regulation and qualityJoanne Barnes
Centre for Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy, School of Pharmacy, University of London, London, UK
Br J Clin Pharmacol 55:226-33. 2003..A new system for registration of traditional herbal medicines will ensure that marketed products meet standards for quality and safety. At present, the pharmaceutical quality of many complementary medicines is a cause for concern...
Quality, efficacy and safety of complementary medicines: fashions, facts and the future. Part II: Efficacy and safetyJoanne Barnes
Centre for Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy, School of Pharmacy, University of London, 29 39 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AX, UK
Br J Clin Pharmacol 55:331-40. 2003..Data are lacking in several areas relevant to safety. Standard pharmacovigilance tools have additional limitations when applied to investigating safety concerns with complementary medicines...
Pharmacovigilance of herbal medicines : a UK perspectiveJoanne Barnes
Centre for Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy, School of Pharmacy, University of London, London, United Kingdom
Drug Saf 26:829-51. 2003....
Echinacea species (Echinacea angustifolia (DC.) Hell., Echinacea pallida (Nutt.) Nutt.,Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench): a review of their chemistry, pharmacology and clinical propertiesJoanne Barnes
Centre for Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy, School of Pharmacy, University of London, 29 39 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AX, UK
J Pharm Pharmacol 57:929-54. 2005..Safety issues include the possibility of allergic reactions, the use of echinacea by patients with autoimmune diseases and the potential for echinacea preparations to interact with conventional medicines...
A pilot randomised, open, uncontrolled, clinical study of two dosages of St John's wort (Hypericum perforatum) herb extract (LI-160) as an aid to motivational/behavioural support in smoking cessationJoanne Barnes
Centre for Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy, School of Pharmacy, University of London, London, UK
Planta Med 72:378-82. 2006..However, it may be premature to rule out a possible effect on the basis of a single, uncontrolled pilot study, and other approaches involving SJW extract may warrant investigation...
Improving the quality of reporting of randomized controlled trials evaluating herbal interventions: implementing the CONSORT statement [corrected]Joel Gagnier
Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Department of Medicine, Univerity of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Explore (NY) 2:143-9. 2006..Given that herbal medicinal products are widely used, vary greatly in content and quality, and are actively tested in randomized controlled trials (RCTs), such RCTs must clearly report the specifics of the intervention...
Recommendations for reporting randomized controlled trials of herbal interventions: Explanation and elaborationJoel J Gagnier
Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Clin Epidemiol 59:1134-49. 2006..These recommendations for the reporting of herbal medicinal products presented here are open to revision as more evidence accumulates and critical comments are collected...
Reporting randomized, controlled trials of herbal interventions: an elaborated CONSORT statementJoel J Gagnier
University of Toronto, Institute for Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Canada
Ann Intern Med 144:364-7. 2006..Item 4, concerning the herbal medicine intervention, required the most extensive elaboration. These recommendations have been developed to improve the reporting of RCTs using herbal medicine interventions...
Guidelines for submitting adverse event reports for publicationWilliam N Kelly
William N Kelly Consulting, Inc, Oldsmar, Florida 34677, USA
Drug Saf 30:367-73. 2007..They also encourage schools of medicine, pharmacy, and nursing to incorporate them into the relevant curricula that address the detection, evaluation, and reporting of suspected drug or other medical product adverse events...
