Herbal medicines use among diabetic patients in Oriental Morocco

Aims. To undertake a systematic review of the recent (2008–2013) primary literature, describing views and experiences of CAM use during pregnancy by women and healthcare professionals.Method. Medline, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Cochrane Database of Systematic Review Library and Allied, and Complementary Medicine Database were searched. Studies reporting systemic CAM products (homeopathic preparations, herbal medicines, Vitamins and minerals, homeopathy, and special diets) alone or in combination with other nonsystemic CAM modalities (e.g., acupuncture) were included.Results. Database searches retrieved 2,549 citations. Removal of duplicates followed by review of titles and abstracts yielded 32 relevant studies. Twenty-two reported the perspectives of women and their CAM use during pregnancy, while 10 focused on healthcare professionals. The majority of studies had significant flaws in study design and reporting, including a lack of appropriate definitions of CAM and associated modalities, absence of detailed checklists provided to participants, the use of convenience sampling, and a general lack of scientific robustness in terms of data validity and reliability.Conclusion. To permit generalisability of study findings, there is an urgent need to expand the evidence base assessing CAMs use during pregnancy using appropriately designed studies.

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The Use and Potential Interactions of Herbal Medicines among Diabetic Patients in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-sectional Study

Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International ◽

10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i53a33655 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 226-234

Author(s):

Saleh Alghamdi

Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

Traditional Medicine ◽

Formal Education ◽

Descriptive Analysis ◽

Herbal Medicines ◽

Black Tea ◽

Diabetic Patients ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Research Committee ◽

Cross Sectional

Objectives: The use of herbal medicines as non-conventional treatment is popular, especially in developing countries where people suffering from chronic diseases as diabetes mellitus are more likely to use herbal medicines along with conventional medicines. However, their simultaneous use may concur serious drug interactions and may therefore result in a serious outcome. The present study was designed to identify the most commonly used herbal medicines and conventional anti-diabetic medications among Saudi population. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was developed and piloted.Data were retrieved and manually entered in Excel 2016. Frequencies and percentages were utilized to perform descriptive analysis. The study was approved by the Scientific and Research Committee of the main hospital taking part in the study. Results: A total of 347 responses were recorded (69.4% response rate). 54% of participants were male, 53% were between the age of 41 and 64 years, and 35.5% had no formal education. Black tea, Peppermint, ginger, green tea, olive oil, and black seed were among the frequently mentioned herbal medicines. Black tea was used by the majority of patients (80%) while peppermint and ginger were used by more than half of patients, i.e., (56.5%) and (52.7%) respectively. Least common herb used by patients was Artemisia species (2.8%). A majority of patients (53.4%) used traditional medicine at least once daily, and 83% used traditional medicine without their physician's prescription. Conclusion: Concomitant use of herbal and conventional anti-diabetic medication was a common practice among patients in Saudi Arabia, therefore, pharmacists-led educational programs should target both prescribers and general public about the possible interactions/risks of herbal medicines.

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The relationship between women’s characteristics and herbal medicines use during pregnancy

Women & Health ◽

10.1080/03630242.2017.1421285 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 59 (6) ◽

pp. 579-590

Author(s):

Fatemeh Abdollahi ◽

Jamshid Yazdani Chareti

Keyword(s):

Herbal Medicines ◽

Medicines Use ◽

The Relationship

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A Retrospective Cohort Study of Herbal Medicines Use during Pregnancy: Prevalence, Adverse Reactions, and Newborn Outcomes

Traditional and Integrative Medicine ◽

10.18502/tim.v5i2.3627 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Kosar Raoufinejad ◽

Kheirollah Gholami ◽

Mohammadreza Javadi ◽

Mehdi Rajabi ◽

Hassan Torkamandi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Adverse Reactions ◽

Herbal Medicines ◽

Low Frequency ◽

Postpartum Women ◽

Discharge Data ◽

Face To Face ◽

Newborn Outcomes ◽

Medicines Use ◽

Gastrointestinal Complaints ◽

Potential Risks

This study aimed to investigate the herbal medicines use prevalence and adverse drug reactions (ADRs) during pregnancy as well as the probable effects on newborn outcomes. Postpartum women with a live singleton infant were eligible if declared consent before discharge. Data was collected retrospectively by face-to-face interviews. Generally, 400 pairs of mother/infant were recruited. At least one herbal medicine was used by 325/400 (81.3%) women. Peppermint, frankincense, flixweed, olive oil, and cinnamon were the most common herbs. Overall, 26 ADRs were reported by 19/325 (5.8%) women. Gastrointestinal complaints were the most frequent herbal ADRs (18/26, 69.2%). Gestational age, Apgar scores, birthweight, complications, and malformations of newborns were similar between groups. In conclusion, herbal medicines were highly used by pregnant women, while they did not affect newborn outcomes either positively or adversely. Despite low frequency rate of herbal ADRs during pregnancy, their safety, efficacy, interactions, and potential risks need further studies.

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Importance of food plants in the prevention and treatment of diabetes in Cameroon

Bioactive Compounds in Health and Disease ◽

10.31989/bchd.v2i2.554 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 11

Author(s):

Nole Tsabang ◽

Lionel W. ◽

Clément G. Yedjou ◽

Paul B. Tchounwou

Keyword(s):

Herbal Medicines ◽

Food Plants ◽

Diabetic Patients ◽

Self Medication ◽

Prevention And Treatment ◽

Onset Of Diabetes ◽

Group 2 ◽

Group 1

Background: Diabetes is a metabolic pathology that affects the human body’s capacity to produce and use insulin. Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes accounts for 5-10 % of diabetic patients. In Type 2 diabetes the insulin produced by the pancreatic islets is not properly used by cells leading to insulin resistance. Gestational diabetes sometimes occurs in pregnant women and affects about 18 % of all pregnancies. Diabetes is one of the most important multifactorial, metabolic and chronic diseases, with fatal complications. According to the International Diabetes Federation’s estimations in 2015, 415 million people had diabetes. By 2040 this will increase to 642 million. Although many ethnopharmacological surveys have been carried out in several parts of the world, no ethnomedical and ethnopharmacological surveys have been done to identify plants used for the prevention and treatment of diabetes.Objective: This study aimed to collect and document information on food plants’ remedies consumed for preventing and treating diabetes in Cameroon.Methods: Ethnomedical and ethnopharmacological thorough preparation was conducted nearby 1131 interviewers from 58 tribes, in a random distribution. Diabetic patients recorded among the 1,131 people who signed the informed consent and allowed us to evaluate the effectiveness of 10 food plants that they usually used in self-medication. They were divided into two groups: Group 1 was comprised of 42 diabetic patients who regularly consume certain food plants, and Group 2 included 58 patients who were town dwellers and did not regularly eat the identified food plants. Results: It was discovered that the times of onset of diabetes in patients were about 70 years and 45 years in Group 1 and Group 2, respectively. Hence, it was demonstrated that the onset of diabetes was linked to consumption of food plants which contributed to the prevention and/or the delay in its clinical manifestations.Conclusion: The results of this study provide a scientific basis for the use of herbal medicines in the management of diabetes. However further investigations and/or clinical trials involving a large number of both type 1 and type 2 diabetics are needed to confirm the therapeutic action of many food plants against diabetes.Keywords: Cameroon, food plants, diabetes, prevention and treatment

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The Prevalence and Predictors of Herbal Medicines’ Use in Cancer: A systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Observational Studies.

10.31730/osf.io/cbtpy ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

John Baptist Asiimwe ◽

Sarki Ahmed ◽

Mauda Mugisha Kamatenesi ◽

Esther Atukunda ◽

Prakash PN ◽

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Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Herbal Medicine ◽

Cancer Patients ◽

Observational Studies ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Herbal Medicines ◽

Medicines Use ◽

Geographical Regions ◽

The World ◽

Economic Regions

The study aims to estimate the prevalence of herbal medicines use in cancer patients across the various regions of the world (geographical regions, economic regions) and establish the key predictors of herbal medicines use in those regions. The study will only synthesize literature from primary observational studies (cohorts and crosssectional study) reported in english between 2000 and 2020 (current). This study is evisaged to provide updated data on the magnitude of herbal medicine in cancer, that will in the end guide healthcare policy.

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Safety of Herbal Medicines in Children

10.5772/intechopen.94545 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Sevinç Polat ◽

Ayşe Gürol

Keyword(s):

Herbal Medicine ◽

Pediatric Population ◽

Clinical Care ◽

Herbal Medicines ◽

World Health ◽

Herbal Products ◽

Medicines Use ◽

Herbal Medicinal ◽

Health Complications ◽

Health Organization

Herbal medicine is used by individuals of all ages, including children. Herbal medicine includes herbs, herbal materials and preparations, and finished herbal products. Herbal medicine or herbal products’ use for all ages have increased in recent years. Based on the data of the World Health Organization, almost 80% of the population in developing countries trust herbal medicines to meet their health needs. Herbal medicines use unconsciously as though these products are harmless. The use of herbal products in children is a concern because little information is available concerning the benefits and risks of these products in the pediatric population. This creates a serious problem in the treatment of children, and reveals a serious and under-recognized hazard in clinical care. The safety of most herbal medicinal products is absent since lack of suitable quality controls and not available of appropriate patient information. Owing to the possibility of serious health complications arising from the use of herbal products, it is mandatory to understand their use in the general population in order for appropriate measures to be put into place.

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