Approximately 70% of the world's population has been using medicinal herbs as a
complementary or alternative medicine that has grown tremendously in both developed and …

Importance of the field: The global increase in the popularity of alternative medicines has
raised renewed concerns regarding herb–drug interactions. These interactions are …

Herbal medicines are frequently used in combination with conventional drugs and
interactions are likely to be more common than those which manifest clinically …

Clinical risk management offers a systematic approach to minimize healthcare-related risks
by paying attention to:(1) risk identification and assessment;(2) development and execution …

Botanical dietary supplements are complex mixtures containing one or more botanical
ingredient (s), each containing numerous constituents potentially responsible for its …

In India, traditional herbal medicines have been an essential part of therapy for the last
centuries. However, a large portion of the general populace is using these therapies in …

Serious drug‐drug interactions have contributed to recent US market withdrawals and also
recent nonapprovals of a few new molecular entities. Many of these interactions involved the …

Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and iatrogenic diseases have been identified as significant
factors responsible for patient morbidity and mortality. Significant studies on drug …

Drugs based on herbs have become a common form of therapy as well as for prophylaxis
because they are often perceived as being natural and therefore harmless. Today they are …

A recent survey was conducted across the therapeutic divisions within the CDER, US FDA
regarding the number of submissions related to botanical drug products over the past ten …