St John's Wort Supplements Endanger the Success of Organ Transplantation
Open Access
- 1 March 2002
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Surgery
- Vol. 137 (3) , 316-319
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.137.3.316
Abstract
SEVERAL RECENT surveys have shown that herbal medicines have become increasingly popular.1 It is therefore not surprising that a large proportion of surgical patients are using herbal medicines, often unknown to the treating health care team. A total of 755 US surgical patients completed a questionnaire on their use of herbal medicines. The results confirm a high level of herbal use: 43% took garlic; 32%, ginkgo biloba; 30%, St John's wort (SJW); 18%, mahuang; 12%, echinacea; and 10%, aloe.2 Another survey, conducted roughly 5 years ago, showed that 20% of transplant recipients were taking herbal medicines.3Keywords
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